Legal Opinion

Amadi v. Department of Children & Families

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided March 28, 2017No. Civil Action No. 16-11901-NMGPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

Nathaniel M. Gorton, United States District Judge

This case arises from a child custody dispute. Plaintiff Benneth Amadi (“Amadi” or “plaintiff’) alleges that defendants, employees of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) and the Massachusetts Juvenile Court (“the Juvenile Court”), are, inter alia, conspiring to violate his constitutional rights, preventing him from seeing his children and obstructing his access to court.

Plaintiffs motions for injunctive relief, an order to show cause and to strike are currently before the Court. For the reasons that…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by5 opinions

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