RUIZ v. McDONNELL

No. 01-1010.

299 F.3d 1173 (2002)

Rose RUIZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Barbara McDONNELL, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Human Services; Colorado Department of Human Services; Renee L. Gallegos; Charles Gallegos; Victoria Gallegos; Leroy Gallegos; and John Does numbers one through four, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Willett of Willett & Mestas, LLC, Denver, CO, appearing for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Friedrick C. Haines, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellees Barbara McDonnell and Colorado Department of Human Services, (Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellees Barbara McDonnell and Colorado Department of Human Services, and John Barry, Patrick M. Groom, and Timothy V. Clancy of Witwer, Oldenburg, Barry & Bedingfield, LLP, Greeley, CO, for Defendants-Appellees Victoria Gallegos, and Leroy Gallegos, with him on the brief).

Before HENRY, Circuit Judge, HOLLOWAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and VANBEBBER, Senior District Judge.


VANBEBBER, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, Rose Ruiz, filed this action alleging violations of her and her deceased son's Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants-Appellees Colorado Department of Human Services ("CDHS") and Barbara McDonnell, Executive Director of CDHS (collectively referred to as the "State Defendants"), and John Does numbers one through four. Ms. Ruiz also brought ancillary state...

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