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SCOTT v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-2169-W.

475 F.Supp. 20 (1979)

Elizabeth Diane (Winter) SCOTT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and particularly Captain C. W. Bramlett, Commanding Officer of the Navy Regional Medical Center, Millington, Tennessee, and the State of Tennessee, Department of Human Services, Horace Bass, Commissioner, and the Shelby County Division of the Department of Human Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

June 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemper B. Durand, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Maurice Franklin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for the United States.

Gail Mathes, Memphis, Tenn., guardian ad litem.

William B. Hubbard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for State of Tenn.

Alice Cartwright Allen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Memphis, Tenn., for Human Services.

ORDER

WELLFORD, District Judge.

A petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in this Court by the mother of a fifteen-month old child. The petitioner alleged that the infant had been unconstitutionally taken from her possession while in the care of the United States Naval Hospital at Millington, Tennessee. The hospital had retained custody of the child pursuant to TCA § 37-1204.1 The plaintiff-mother complained that certain...

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