Legal Opinion
Jason K. Behrens v. Jerry Regier
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 31, 2005No. 04-14820PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Jason Behrens appeals the district court’s dismissal of his claims against several current and former employees of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). In his complaint, Behrens alleged that DCF officials erroneously labeled him as a “verified” child abuser, and that the presence of this stigmatizing information resulted in his inability to adopt another child. Behrens argued these actions violated, inter alia, his procedural and substantive due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted…
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