Legal Opinion
Bartell v. Lohiser
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2000No. 98-1877PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Ella Bartell brought the instant action against Defendants-Ap-pellees Michigan Family Independence Agency (“FIA”), Lutheran Social Services of Michigan (“LSS”), and others, asserting that they violated various federal and state laws in terminating her parental rights to raise her son. The district court ultimately granted Defendants’ motions for summary judgment, holding that they were shielded from liability by the doctrine of qualified immunity. Bartell now appeals these rulings, and for the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the…
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