Lim

Lim v. Child Protective Services of Tulare County

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaOctober 21, 20221:20-cv-01049California5,325 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHONG SOOK LIM, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01049 JLT SKO ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION ) FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT v. ) ) (Doc. 52) COUNTY OF TULARE, et al, ) ) Defendants. )

16 The plaintiff contends that due to false and fraudulent information provided by the defendants to the Tulare County Family Court, the judge removed her child from her custody and placed her with the father. The defendants have presented substantial evidence that they did not provide any false or fraudulent information to the family court, and, in fact, the judge relied upon a body of evidence unrelated to the defendants when it made its custody determination. Consequently, even assuming the defendants did provide false or fraudulent information—and the Court does not find this to be the case—there is no evidence this caused the constitutional deprivation of which the plaintiff complains. Thus, the defendants’ motion for summary…

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