No. 22-1017

Sheila Mikel v. Jennifer Nichols, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-04-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: adoption civil-rights due-process foster-care liberty-interest notice-of-removal parental-rights procedural-due-process standing
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-06-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pre-adoptive foster mother has a constitutionally protected liberty interest right to procedural due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a pre-adoptive foster mother has a constitutionally protected liberty interest right to procedural due process in the removal of her foster girls, where the parental rights of the biological parents have been terminated, where the foster mother has been the resident parent for eighteen months, where the adoption papers were submitted for approval and where the foster mother has been afforded no proper notice of removal and no hearing in connection with the removal.

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent Omni Vision, Inc. to respond filed.
2023-05-03
Waiver of right of respondents Jennifer Nichols; Tennessee Department of Children's Services to respond filed.
2023-04-17

Attorneys

Jennifer Nichols; Tennessee Department of Children's Services
Joseph F. Whalen IIIOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Joseph F. Whalen IIIOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Omni Vision, Inc.
Jeffrey M. BeemerDickinson Wright PLLC, Respondent
Jeffrey M. BeemerDickinson Wright PLLC, Respondent
Sheila Mikel
William Neil Thomas IIIThomas & Thomas, Petitioner
William Neil Thomas IIIThomas & Thomas, Petitioner