No. 21-6474

Kristie Leanne Sluder v. R. Patrick Bentancourt, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-12-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: adoption-and-safe-families-act civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process federal-statute ku-klux-klan-act liberty-interest notice-and-hearing standing statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2022-01-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Ded Macon County Department of Social Services violate federal law by failing to notify the foster parent of the permanence planning hearing?

Question Presented (from Petition)

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Docket Entries

2022-01-24
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2021-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent R. Patrick Bentancourt, Stacey Jenkins, and Macon County Department of Social Services Board of Directors to respond filed.
2021-11-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 3, 2022)

Attorneys

Kristie Leanne Sluder
Kristie Sluder — Petitioner
Kristie Sluder — Petitioner
R. Patrick Bentancourt, Stacey Jenkins, and Macon County Department of Social Services Board of Directors
Patrick Houghton FlanaganCranfill Sumner LLP, Respondent
Patrick Houghton FlanaganCranfill Sumner LLP, Respondent