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E.R.L. v. Adoption Advocacy, Inc.

Vacated & Remanded
Status
  1. Scheduled
  2. Argued
  3. Opinion Issued (current)
Question Presented

Whether adoption agency functioned as state actor when it placed ward of state into abusive adoptive home; qualified immunity; discovery issues.

Argument Date
October 27, 2022
Argument Time
9:30 a.m.
Panel
II
Courtroom
Butzner Courtroom (Room 201)
Lower Court Judge
Gergel

Panel

Judge Agee
Judge Harris
Judge Griggsby*

Citation

CaseE.R.L. v. Adoption Advocacy, Inc., No. 21-1980 (4th Cir. Feb. 14, 2023)
PanelAgee, Harris & Griggsby, JJ.

Arguing Counsel

Robert Butcher
per CA4 audio archive
Steven Parker
per CA4 audio archive

Panel That Day

3 of 3 cases argued October 27, 2022 before this panel have been decided.

Opinions

Disposition

Court
Vacated and remanded
Normalized
Vacated & Remanded
February 14, 2023