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Second Circuit· 12/5/2000

Kia P. v. McIntyre

Citations

  • 235 F.3d 749
  • 2000 WL 1777201

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  • holding that a hospital’s retention of a newborn who tested positive for methadone at birth was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment
  • holding that a hospital’s retention of a newborn who tested positive for methadone at birth was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment
  • holding that a hospital’s retention of a newborn who tested positive for methadone at birth was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment
  • concluding that child was “seized” under the Fourth Amendment when child was held at hospital during a child abuse investigation
  • holding that a private hospital was not a state or municipal facility and thus was not liable under § 1983, insofar as it was acting “as a private actor providing medical care”
  • recognizing that “children have a . . . constitutionally protected liberty interest in not being dislocated from the emotional attachments that derive from the intimacy of daily family association” (quotations and alteration omitted)

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Judges: Feinberg, Graafeiland, Sack

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