Davis v. Eubanks and DHS

Plaintiffs Patricia Davis and Jennifer Aric appeal the trial court’s judgment dismissing their civil rights claims against Defendant/Appellee Mike O’Hara, Acting Director, Child Support Services, Tennessee Department of Human Services. Relying upon the United States Supreme Court’s opinion in Blessing v. Freestone, 520 U.S. 329, 117 S.Ct. 1353, 137 L.Ed.2d 569 (1997), the trial court dismissed the Plaintiffs’ 1983 1 claims based upon the court’s ruling that the Plaintiffs had failed to assert any enforceable private right of action under the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security…