Legal Opinion

Coley v. Abell

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 29, 2017No. 16-3635PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*477ORDER

Brittany Coley appeals the grant of summary judgment dismissing her lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She alleges that employees of the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) lacked probable cause and thereby violated due process by removing her children from her home and three days later obtaining a court order that probable cause justified the removal. Because issue preclusion bars relitigating whether probable cause supported the removal and Rooker-Feldman bars a challenge to the state court’s order, we affirm the judgment.

We construe the record in Coley’s favor because she…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Sossamon v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  4. Springer v. DurflingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  5. Hernandez Ex Rel. Hernandez v. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Parkinson v. PNC Bank, National AssociationDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2019
  5. RIDDLE v. INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICESDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2020

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