Defendant:	OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE, (OAG), STATE OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, (OSBI), OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DAVID L. MOSS CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER, OKLAHOMA SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, OKLAHOMA STATE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, OKLAHOMA CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, (CPS), OKLAHOMA CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, (CSS), OKLAHOMA OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, (OAH), OKLAHOMA COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, (OCCY), OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES OKLAHOMA HUMAN SERVICES, OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT, TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, and all of its divisions (Family Court, Juvenile Court, Civil Court, Small Claim Court Division), TULSA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, (OBA), OKLAHOMA COUNCIL ON JUDICIAL COMPLAINTS, (COJC), BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COUNTY OF TULSA, (BOCC), OKLAHOMA STATE AUDITOR & INSPECTOR, STEPHEN HALE, in his individual capacity and official capacity as Guardian-ad-litem (GAL) and B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY, AKA Stephen E. Hale, THE LAW OFFICE OF STEPHEN E. HALE, an Oklahoma professional liability company, GILBERT PILKINGTON, JR., in his individual and official capacity as Officer of the Court of Oklahoma and as B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY, AKA Gilbert J. Pilkington, Jr., PILKINGTON LAW FIRM, PLLC, an Oklahoma professional limited liability company, EMMALENE STRINGER, in her individual and official capacity as DHS CSS State's Attorney and B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY, BRIDGET O'BRIEN, in her individual and official capacity as CPS caseworker, AKA Bridget Kay Menser, AKA Bridget K. Menser, STEVE JOHNSON, in his individual and official capacity as AGENT OF TULSA GRAND JURY OF OKLAHOMA and B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY, GREG MASHBURN, in his individual and official capacity as Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), AUNGELA SPURLOCK, in her individual and official capacity as DIRECTOR OF OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION and B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY, PENNY HAMRICK, in her individual and official capacity as DETECTIVE OF OWASSO POLICE DEPARTMENT OF ROGERS COUNTY, JACOB R. WILLIAMSON, in his individual capacity and official capacity as Tulsa County District Court Sheriff employee, LEAH SUKOVATY, in her individual and official capacity as DHS CPS SUPERVISOR, SHASTA MILLER, in her individual and official capacity as DHS CPS SUPERVISOR, JESSICA MARTIN, in her individual and official capacity as DHS CPS PROGRAM FIELD REPRESENTATIVE (CASE WORKER), LAURIE MORRIS, in her individualand official capacity as APPEAL REPRESENTATIVE, CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION (CFSD), AKA Laurie Anne Morris, DEBORAH EDDINGFIELD, in her individual and official capacity as OHS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II, AKA Deborah L. Eddingfield, TAYLOR HENDRICKS, in her individual and official capacity as PRIMARY FACILITATOR FOR CPS SAFETY MEETING, LARISA GRECU-RADU, in her individual and official capacity as DHS SUPERVISOR, JENNIFER FULLERTON, in her individual and official capacity as CPS CASEWORKER, JERICA CARMICHAEL, in her individual capacity and in official capacity as CWS STAFF, CHERYL HALL, in her individual capacity and in official capacity as PROFESSIONAL VISITATION SUPERVISOR, employee of FAMILY VISITATION & SOLUTIONS, LLC, AKA Cheryl L. Hall, CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., in its private-for-profit-business capacity and in its official capacity as FINANCIAL CUSTODIAN FOR FORCED ILLEGAL GARNISHMENT, JEFFREY CARTMELL, in his individual and official capacity as official capacity as DHS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR currently, and his predecessor, DEBORAH SHROPSHIRE, in her individual and official capacity as OHS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR prior to 2025, APRIL SEIBERT, in her individual and official capacity as Special Judge of Tulsa County District Court, docket C, RODNEY SPARKMAN, in his individual and official capacity as Special Judge of Tulsa County District Court, docket C, TODD CHESBRO, in his individual and official capacity as Special Judge of Tulsa County District Court, docket C, WILLIAM LAFORTUNE, in his individual and official capacity as Special Judge of Tulsa County District Court, docket C, AKA William LaFortune, DEBORRAH LUDI-LEITCH, in her individual and official capacity as Special Judge of Tulsa County District Court, docket F, AKA Deborrah Ludi Leitch, LORETTA RADFORD, in her individual and official capacity as Special Judge of Tulsa County District Court, docket F, STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS, in its individual capacity and in official capacity as LICENSURE AUTHORITY, SADIE TEMPLE, in her individual and official capacity as COURT APPOINTED PUBLIC DEFENDER, MARTHA RUPP CARTER, in her individual and official capacity as Juvenile Court Judge, THERESA DREILING, in her individual and official capacity as Juvenile Court Judge, ROBERT PERUGINO, DAWN MOODY, DOUG DRUMMOND, in his individual and official capacity as Presiding Judges, SAMANTHA BOEN, in her individual capacity and in official capacity as Bailiff of Tulsa County District Court, KACHARRA MANSKER, in her individual capacity and in official capacity as Court Clerk of Tulsa County District Court, VIC REGALADO, in his individual capacity and in official capacity as SHERIFF OF TULSA COUNTY, TRACY NESTER, in her individual and in official capacity as ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL OFFICE OF OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, GINA HENDRYX, in her individual and official capacity as GENERAL COUNSEL OFFICE OF OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, RICHARD ROSE, in his individual and official capacity as CHAIRMAN OF OKLAHOMA COUNCIL ON JUDICIAL COMPLAINTS, TAYLOR HENDERSON, in her individual and official capacity as DIRECTOR OF OKLAHOMA COUNCIL ON JUDICIAL COMPLAINTS, VICKI COX, in her individual and official capacity as TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT and other times acts as ADA COORDINATOR OF TULSA COUNTY, KIM HALL, in her individual and official capacity as TRIAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF TULSA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT and other times acts as ADA COORDINATOR OF TULSA COUNTY, KATHY BURROWS, in her individual and in official capacity as ADA 504 COORDINATOR, GENTNER DRUMMOND, in his individual and official capacity as Attorney General of Oklahoma, WENDY DRUMMOND, in her individual and official capacity as Spouse of OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY GENERAL, JOHN KEVIN STITT, in his individual and official capacity as GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA, AKA J. Kevin Stitt, SARAH HAZEN STITT, in her individual and official capacity as Spouse of GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA, KEVIN C. LEITCH, in his individual and official capacity as Spouse of Special Judge Deborrah LudiLeitch of Tulsa County District Court, CIERA FREEMAN, in her individual and official capacity as COURT APPOINTED STANDBY/ADVISORY ATTORNEY FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT and as B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY, AKA Ciera N. Freeman, CHANDLER MOXLEY, in his individual and official capacity as B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY and as Officer of the Court of Oklahoma, MOXLEY LAW FIRM, PLLC, DALE WARNER, in his individual and official capacity as B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY and as Officer of the Court of Oklahoma, DALE WARNER LAW FIRM, ERICA PARKS, in her individual capacity and in official capacity as B.A.R. CARD ATTORNEY and as Officer of the Court of Oklahoma, ERICA PARKS LAW FIRM, PLLC, an Oklahoma professional limited liability company, CHARLES SHANNON, in his individual and official capacity as RESIDENT AGENT IN CHARGE OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, NATIONAL PASSPORT CENTER, DOES 1 THROUGH 99, known but unidentified OKLAHOMA STATE's employees, TULSA GRAND JURY OF OKLAHOMA, FAMILY VISITATION & SOLUTIONS, LLC, employer of Cheryl Hall, MEGAN BECK, in her individual and official capacity as COURT APPOINTED PUBLIC DEFENDER replacement of Sadie Temple and JENNIFER REGALADO, in her individual and official capacity as Spouse of SHERIFF OF TULSA COUNTY
Petitioner:	LINH TRAN STEPHENS
Case Number:	26-5113
Filed:	August 18, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Civil Rights

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