Legal Opinion
A.D. Brokaw v. Karen Weaver, Mercer County, State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 13, 2002No. 00-4230PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In 1983, three-year old A.D. Brokaw was removed from her parents’ home based on allegations of child neglect. After she turned eighteen, A.D. sued her paternal grandfather, aunt and uncle (who was a Deputy Sheriff with the Mercer County Sheriffs Office), alleging that they conspired to violate her constitutional rights by reporting false claims of child neglect. A.D. also sued the various state actors and agencies involved in removing her from her parents’ custody. The district court held that A.D.’s suit was barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because, in effect, A.D.…
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