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GOSSMEYER v. McDONALD

No. 96-2599.

128 F.3d 481 (1997)

Rose GOSSMEYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jess McDONALD, individually and as Director of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Cleo Terry, individually and as Executive Deputy Director of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Denise Kane, individually and as Inspector General of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aldo E. Botti, Peter M. DeLongis, Andrew Y. Acker (argued), Botti, Marinaccio & Tameling, Oak Brook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jan E. Hughes, Mary E. Welsh (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Jess McDonald, Cleo Terry and Denise Kane.

Mary D. Mallo (argued), Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Margaret A. Glass, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Robert Farley, Cook County Sheriff's Police Department and Michael F. Sheahan.

Joseph M. Ferguson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Robert Williams.

Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Rose Gossmeyer, a Child Protective Investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ("DCFS"), originally filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in Will County Circuit Court. Her suit was later removed to the Northern District of Illinois. There, Gossmeyer filed a first amended complaint. In Count I, Gossmeyer alleged that her Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when personnel from the DCFS...

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