Legal Opinion
Jamie Kirkpatrick v. County of Washoe
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2015No. 12-15080PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge BYBEE; Partial Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.
OPINION
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
“Government officials are required to obtain prior judicial authorization before intruding on a parent’s custody of her child unless they possess information at the time of the seizure that establishes ‘reasonable cause to believe that the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury and that the scope of the intrusion is reasonably necessary to avert that specific injury.’ ” Mabe v. San Bernardino Cnty., Dep’t of Pub. Soc. Servs., 237 F.3d 1101, 1106 (9th Cir.2001) (quoting Wallis v. Spencer, 202…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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