Legal Opinion
Marybeth Dornheim v. Michael Sholes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 7, 2005No. 04-4032PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Marybeth Dornheim, on behalf of herself and her minor son, Tanner, and her adult son, Michael, (collectively “the Dorn-heims”) filed a civil rights lawsuit against the police officers, social workers, court-appointed doctors, and Tanner’s court-appointed guardian ad litem who were involved in Dornheim’s state-court custody dispute with her ex-husband. The Dorn-heims appeal from the district court’s dismissal of the lawsuit, and we affirm.
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Because the district court dismissed the lawsuit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim, we take…
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