HRS 0587-0021 ANNOTATIONS

Where child protective service caseworker's seven-day delay in filing a court petition for temporary custody violated state law (pre-1998 amendment), the state law did not clearly establish a federal right at the time caseworker removed appellant's children. Neither the seven-day delay before obtaining post-deprivation judicial review, nor the seven-day delay before filing a court petition, violated appellant's federal due process rights. 141 F.3d 927.