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First Circuit· 11/4/2009

Miller v. Nichols

Citations

  • 586 F.3d 53
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 24161
  • 2009 WL 3631001

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that parents had the incentive and opportunity to argue that DHHS’s reunification efforts violated federal law in state court child protection proceedings
  • applying Maine law and rejecting an argument against issue preclusion in part because it \ignores ... what actually happened in the state court proceedings\
  • applying Rooker-Feldman where plaintiffs, whose parental rights had been terminated by a Maine court, sought a federal injunction preventing their child’s adoption
  • affirming the dismissal of HIPAA claims on the basis “that HIPAA does not create a private right of action”
  • affirming the dismissal of HIPAA claims on the basis “that HIPAA does not create a private right of action”
  • affirming dismissal of action relating to custody of child for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

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Judges: Lynch, Torruella, Boudin

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Cites

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