Legal Opinion

Alicia Hatfield v. Amanda Berube

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 29, 2017No. 17-2354UnpublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION *

2Per curiam

Alicia Hatfield appeals from orders of the District Court granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss and motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, we will affirm.

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In March 2012, the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas, Family Division, issued an order for temporary emergency protective custody of Hatfield’s four minor children, J.H., B.H., M.M., and A,F. Thereafter, the children became the subject of separate dependency proceedings. Ultimately, M.M. and B.H. were adopted by their maternal grandparents, A.F. was placed with her father, and J.H. was returned to Hatfield’s…

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