United States Seventh Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought against a Dept. of Children and Family Serv. investigator, the district court's denial of defendant's motions for judgment as a matter of law and a new trial are reversed where, as a noncustodial parent, neither plaintiffs procedural or substantive due process rights were violated.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/15/2003
• Decided 10/10/2003
• Published 10/10/2003

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard L. Steagall,Nicoara & Steagall, Peoria, IL, Jeffrey B. Gilbert (Argued), Johnson, Jones, Snelling, Gilbert & Davis, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Mary E. Welsh (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.