U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
R. S. v. Lucas County Children Services
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Kevin Gafford Ritz
- Filed
- Nov. 18, 2025
- Case
- R. S. v. Lucas County Children Services
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0529n.06 Case No. 25-3247 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT R.S., a minor child by his next of friend and legal ) FILED ) Nov 18, 2025 guardian, V.H.; T.H., ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk Plaintiffs - Appellants, ) ) v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR LUCAS COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES, ) THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF Defendant, ) OHIO ) SUSAN HICKEY; REBECCA VON SACKEN, ) OPINION ) Defendants - Appellees. ) ) Before: GIBBONS, McKEAGUE, and RITZ, Circuit Judges. RITZ, Circuit Judge. Victoria Hubbard’s minor children were removed from her custody and placed with the family of her trusted pastor and his wife, because children’s services case workers in Lucas County, Ohio, suspected abuse of Hubbard’s youngest child. At the time, the background information the case workers had on file for the pastor and his wife associated the couple’s household with alleged sexual abuse. The alleged abuse, however, either had not been substantiated or had been perpetrated by someone besides the couple. Ultimately, Hubbard’s children did suffer terrible abuse, including sexual abuse, while in the couple’s custody. In fact, the…
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