United States Ex Rel. Mueller v. Missouri Division of Family Services

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The petitioner, Keith Mueller, alleges that his two sons, Matthew A. Mueller and Scott D. Mueller, are in the custody of an agency of the State of Missouri, the Missouri Division of Family Services (DFS), and that their custody is contrary to the Constitution of the United States. The District Court 1 dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction. The appellee, an agency of the State of Missouri, has made no submission in this Court. We affirm.

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