HENNESSEY v. STATE OF WASH., DEPT. OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERV.

No. C-84-525 RJM.

627 F.Supp. 137 (1985)

Joseph HENNESSEY and Helen Hennessey, individually and as parents and next friends of Elizabeth Hennessey, a minor, Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Carol Winterburn, individually and as Counselor for the Department of Social and Health Services, State of Washington; and Mike Padelford, Administrator, Pasco Community Services Office, Department of Social and Health Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Washington.

August 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(Richard H. Bennett), R. Henry Bennett, Inc., Everett, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Don G. Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wash., Olympia, Wash., for State of Wash., Dept. of S.H.S. and Carol Winterburn.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROBERT J. McNICHOLS, Chief Judge.

This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(3) and 1988 against the State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services and two of its employees.1 The operative facts are as follows. On or about October 4, 1983 plaintiffs' four year old daughter, Elizabeth, was taken to Dr. Nancy...

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