Douglas Joseph Peterson v. Bruce Babbitt

On behalf of himself and his minor children, Peterson filed a pro per 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint in the district court alleging that by denying him visitation rights with his children, the Department of Economic Security and other parties he also named as defendants, were depriving them of a fundamental liberty interest without due process of law, in violation of the First, Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Peterson’s rights to visitation will be determined in an ongoing action currently pending before the Arizona court. Needless to say, Peterson can…