The following excerpt is from Schmitz v. Asman, No. 2:20-cv-00195-JAM-CKD PS (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Under the Fourteenth Amendment, "official conduct that 'shocks the conscience' in depriving [family members] of [a liberty interest in the companionship and society of a family member] is cognizable as a violation of due process." Wilkinson v. Torres, 610 F.3d 546, 554 (9th Cir. 2010).
Id. (internal citations omitted.)
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