Jane Doe 1 v. Sloan

Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against two local police officers who shared sexually explicit photos of them when they were underage with an “auxiliary police officer” who then retained those images for his own illegal use, alleging that the officers violated their substantive due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment when they gave the auxiliary officer access to their images. The district court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss the section 1983 claims and plaintiffs appealed. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding that the plaintiffs did not allege a viable substantive due process claim. (BRENNAN and RIPPLE, concurring)