Divorce – Court Error

By: Derek Hawkins//May 8, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Jennifer J. Myrick v. Richard G. Greenwood, et al

Case No.: 16-3342

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges

Focus: Divorce – Court Error

Dismayed that her former husband has been awarded custody of their son, Jennifer Myrick brought this suit seeking damages from the six state judges and court commissioners who presided over parts of the lengthy divorce and child‐custody proceedings. She maintains that, by ruling against her, the judges manifested bias in favor of her former husband, violating her right to due process of law in that and other ways, and overlooked misconduct by her former husband, her son’s guardians ad litem, and her own attorney. She did not ask the federal court in this suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 to change the award of custody but did re‐ quest damages

Affirmed

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