Bowling v. Kentucky Department for Community Based Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SOUTHERN DIVISION LONDON MICHAEL ALEXANDER BOWLING, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. 6: 24-140-GFVT ) v. ) ) KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF ) OPINION COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES ) & and CRAIG LUNSFORD, ) ORDER ) Defendants. ) *** *** *** *** In April 2023, Michael Bowling was arrested after allegedly pushing Amanda Couch to the ground, causing injury to their nine-month-old baby in the process. Craig Lunsford of Kentucky’s Department of Community Based Services (“DCBS”) concluded on November 1, 2023, that those events “substantiated” child abuse…