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121457P.pdf 03/22/2013 Shawn Slaven v. Dan Engstrom
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-1457
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Civil Rights. Defendant Hennepin County lacked any
policymaking authority regarding the handling and scheduling of an
emergency protective custody hearing and the formal hearing on
plaintiffs' custody of their children, and any violation of plaintiffs'
procedural due process rights was the result of the application of
Minnesota law for which defendant could not be liable.