DOE v. STATE OF LA.

No. 92-3144.

2 F.3d 1412 (1993)

John DOE, Individually and on behalf of his minor two children, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, et al., Defendants, Paula Bennett and Sheryl George, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied November 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Balhoff, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Judith R. Atkinson, Mathews, Atkinson, Guglilmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, LA, for defendants-appellants.

Michael M. Christovich, Kevin R. Tully, J. Roslyn Lemmon, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KING and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and HALL, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied November 12, 1993.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff John Doe, individually and on behalf of his two minor children, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), claiming that their Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by various state employees and entities during a child abuse investigation. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) on the basis of absolute...

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