DOE v. BOBBITT

No. 85 C 7104.

665 F.Supp. 691 (1987)

Brenda DOE, in her own proper person and as next best friend of Michelle Doe, Plaintiffs, v. Booker BOBBITT and Gary T. Morgan, individually and as employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; Unknown Employees of the Department of Children and Family Services; Leo Wiggins and Leonard Goodman, individually and as employees of the Cook County Office of the Guardian Ad Litem; and the County of Cook, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

July 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. DeRose, DeRose and Russo, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Karen Diamond, Asst. State's Atty. of Cook County, Paula Giroux, Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Brenda Doe says she warned state officials at least twice against placing her 11-year old daughter Michelle in the custody of Michelle's aunt. She told them that members of the aunt's household frequently fought and abused drugs and alcohol, and that one member of the household was under investigation for sexually abusing a child. The officials ignored her pleas and gave the aunt temporary custody of...

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