No. 20-381

Hamilton County Job and Family Services, et al. v. Joseph Siefert, et ux.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 42-usc-1983 child-services circuit-conflict civil-rights due-process medical-care qualified-immunity state-action state-actor
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

A. Did the Sixth Circuit err when it failed to conduct
an individualized analysis of Petitioners' actions
before blanketly rejecting their asserted defense of
qualified immunity?

B. Did the Sixth Circuit err when it determined that,
through a footnote, it was clearly established that a
children's services caseworker has an affirmative
duty to protect parental due process rights when a
child is hospitalized and no child custody
proceedings have been initiated?

C. Whether this Court should resolve the circuit
conflict on the important federal question of
whether a private, non-profit hospital and private
healthcare providers, are state actors subject to
claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when they simply
provide medical care and cooperate with a county
Job and Family Services Department for the
appropriate treatment of a suicidal minor.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Sixth Circuit err in its qualified-immunity analysis?

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-10-23
Brief of respondents Joseph Siefert, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)

Attorneys

Hamilton County Job and Family Services, et al.
Jon David BrittinghamDinsmore & Shohl LLP, Petitioner
Joseph Siefert, et al.
Ted Laurence WillsTed L. Wills, Attomey at Law, Respondent