In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that Defendant social services department deprived Plaintiffs of custody of their children based on Plaintiffs’ religious beliefs, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed where Plaintiffs failed to show that any false information from Defendants influenced the state court in issuing the various orders that interfered with Plaintiffs’ family integrity.

Read Starkey v. Boulder Cty. Soc. Servs., No. 08-1013

Appellate Information

Filed June 29, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Hartz

Counsel

For Appellants:

Samuel Ventola, Ventola & Staggs P.C., Denver, CO

For Appellees:

Madeline J. Meacham, Deputy County Attorney, Boulder, CO

Shelly Stratton Bailey, Assistant County Attorney, Boulder, CO

 

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