Starkey v. Boulder County Social Services

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Stephen Starkey, his wife Bedra Starkey, and his three children, A.B., C.D., and E.F., brought this action in federal court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Boulder County Department of Social Services (BCDSS) and six BCDSS employees — Doreen Miller, Brian Russell, Holly Smith, Barbara Park, Julie Kintzing, and Ann Baldwin — sued in their official and personal capacities (collectively, Defendants). The Starkeys claimed that Defendants deprived Mr. and Mrs. Starkey of custody and contact with A.B., C.D., and E.F. because of their disapproval of the Starkeys’ religious…