Victor Johnson v. Monica Rodrigues (Orozco) Sealed Dft-98-550-1 Sealed Dft-98-550-2, and Adoption Center of Choice

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Victor Johnson of Arizona, putative father of a child born out of wedlock and subsequently adopted by a married couple, • filed a complaint in the district court against the biological mother, the adoptive parents and The Adoption Center of Choice. He contended that the Utah Adoption Statute, as applied to him, violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Utah Code Ann. §§ 78-30-1 to 78-30-19 (1996 & Supp. 2000). He also asserted various state law claims.

He sought a judgment declaring that the Utah state courts “were without jurisdiction over…