Brantley Tyler Rayburn v. Dora L. Farnesi

DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an interlocutory appeal of the district court’s order denying summary judgment to Skip and Dee Ho-gue (“the Hogues” or “the foster parents”) who were alleged to have violated the constitutional rights of two of their foster children. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND 1

A. Facts

Wendy Ann Rayburn is the mother of three children: Tyler, Brandon, and Cameron. 2 On October 21, 1995, Dora Farnesi, a case worker with the Carroll County Department of Family and Children’s Services (“DFACS”), removed the Rayburn children from the physical custody of their mother, Ms.…