Legal Opinion
Kiser v. Garrett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1995No. 94-11090PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
This action arises out of a child being temporarily removed from his home during an investigation of possible child abuse; at issue is a summary judgment dismissing substantive and procedural due process claims, springing from a claimed liberty interest in living peaceably in a family, against several members of the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS). 1 Because the claimed constitutional rights were not clearly established at the time in issue, the appellees are shielded by qualified immunity. Therefore, we AFFIRM.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Siegert v. GilleySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by38 opinions
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