No. 23-5217

Kinley MacDonald v. Maine

Lower Court: Maine
Docketed: 2023-07-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: bail-bond-conditions child-protective-custody constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process family-reunification hearsay judicial-review legal-standards state-statute
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a judge in a child protective custody case base a decision solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, then set bail/bond conditions to refuse the family visitation and reunification?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-10-24
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 25, 2023)

Attorneys

Kinley MacDonald
Kinley MacDonald — Petitioner
Kinley MacDonald — Petitioner