10-12-2010 Washington DC:
In essence, whether children can be interviewed at school?
Title: Camreta v. Greene (Granted )
Docket: 09-1454
Issue(s): (1) Whether the traditional warrant/warrant exception requirements that apply to seizures of suspected criminals should apply to an interview of the child in light of reports of child abuse, or whether instead a balancing standard should apply; and (2) whether the Ninth Circuit’s constitutional ruling is reviewable, notwithstanding that it ruled in the petitioner’s favor on qualified immunity grounds.
Title: Alford v. Greene (Granted )
Docket: 09-1478
Issue(s): Whether the Fourth Amendment requires a warrant, a court order, parental consent, or exigent circumstances before law enforcement and child welfare officials may conduct a temporary seizure and interview at a public school of a child whom they reasonably suspect was being sexually abused.
Note: These are the 2nd and 3rd cases -related to sex abuse- accepted this session. Folks may remember the court heard oral arguments: "Court hears appeal of couple cleared of child abuse, still on (Central) registry"
