State, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services v. Doherty

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• noting that \defenses to a federal cause of action are defined by federal law\ (quoting Van Sandt v. Brown , 944 P.2d 449 , 452 n.5 (Alaska 1997) )
• applying de novo review to § 1983 claims as a matter of federal law
• applying de novo review to § 1983 claims as a matter of federal law
• applying de novo review to § 1983 claims as a matter of federal law
• “[E]mployees acting in their personal capacities are not in privity with the government . . . .”
• social worker not collaterally estopped by factual findings in earlier child-in-need-of-aid (CINA) proceeding, despite fact that social worker signed CINA petition, attended entire trial, and testified for four days in proceeding

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