United States Sixth Circuit

Plaintiff, whose claimed interests were vague and amorphous, did not have a private right of action, deriving from Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, by which she could sustain her section 1983 claim alleging the failure of a local child support enforcement agency to provide the enforcement services required to collect outstanding child support payments.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2001
• Decided 02/26/2002
• Published 02/26/2002

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary M. Smith (argued and briefed), Equal Justice Foundation, Dover, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John T. McLandrich (argued and briefed), Todd M. Raskin, Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, Victor V. Vigluicci, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Ravenna, OH, for Defendant-Appellee.