Decision date: 2016-06-20

In petition for writ of habeas corpus by unaccompanied minor's mother seeking custody of her child, holding that refusal to release the child to the mother's custody even after the conclusion of the child's immigration proceedings did not violate the mother's substantive due process rights where the Office of Refugee Resettlement determined that mother was not a suitable custodian. On mother's procedural due process claim, holding that the district court was required to apply the Mathews balancing test.

Publication Status: Published

Case judge: Agee, Floyd, King

Decision: D.B. v. Cardall, 826 F.3d 721 (4th Cir. 2016)