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DUNLAP v. HILGENKAMP

No. 4:98CV3341.

82 F.Supp.2d 1052 (2000)

Paul DUNLAP, Plaintiff, v. Katie HILGENKAMP, LaDonna Shippen, in her individual capacity, Roberta Stick, Dr. Edward M. Stringham, Child Guidance Center, Karen Dunlap, Legal Services of Southeast Nebraska, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

January 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Mullen, Lefler, Mullen Law Firm, Omaha, NE, for plaintiff.

Mary C. Gaines, DeMars, Gordon Law Firm, Lincoln, NE, Richard L. Boucher, Boucher Law Firm, Lincoln, NE, Royce N. Harper, Attorney General's Office, Lincoln, NE, Michael J. Rumbaugh, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, Francis T. Belsky, Katskee, Henatsch Law Firm, Omaha, NE, Douglas L. Kluender, Wolfe, Snowden Law Firm, Lincoln, NE, Douglas J. Peterson, Knudsen, Berkheimer Law Firm, Lincoln, NE, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KOPF, Chief Judge.

In the context of a summary judgment motion, this case involves the novel question of whether a social worker violated a custodial father's constitutional rights when she failed to tell the father where his child might be found. On the facts of this case, I conclude that the social worker has qualified immunity.

I. BACKGROUND

First, I review the plaintiff's claims. Then I review the facts.

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