Legal Opinion
Parkhurst v. Tabor
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 25, 2009No. 19-1172PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Ross and Amy Parkhurst, the adoptive father and biological mother of H.P., a minor child, asserted claims as next friend under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Arkansas state prosecutors Stephen Tabor and Daniel Shue, and Sebastian County, Arkansas. The Parkhursts alleged a violation of H.P.’s right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment based on Tabor and Shue’s decision to issue a nolle prosequi 1 and forego prosecution of H.P.’s biological father for the felony sexual assault of his daughter. The district court 2 dismissed the case under Rule 12(b)(6) for failure…
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