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Accused of abuse

DENVER — The Tenth Circuit affirmed a New Mexico federal court’s decision to dismiss a doctor and his wife’s lawsuit against the Bernalillo County sheriff and the state’s family agency after law enforcement entered their home without a warrant and took their children into custody based on an anonymous report that the doctor was sexually abusing his four-year-old daughter. Though charges were dismissed against him, officers reacted reasonably.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Civil Rights, Criminal

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