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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Bybee finds that the district court improperly entered summary judgment for the county on judicial deception claims brought by parents after social workers removed their two minor children from their custody following an anonymous report that the parents were using medical marijuana to treat severe autism of one of the children. The application filed in support of the warrant of removal contained misrepresentations and omissions of fact. The social workers were not entitled to qualified immunity because the right to be free from judicial deception was clearly established. The lower court properly found for the social workers on the parents’ Fourth Amendment claim concerning a social worker's interview of the other child at school. The social worker was entitled to qualified immunity because she lacked fair notice that her conduct was unlawful. Reversed in part.