PIERCE v. DELTA CTY. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SER.

Civil Action No. 00 N 12.

119 F.Supp.2d 1139 (2000)

Kayanna PIERCE, a deceased minor, by and through her father and next friend Victor J. Pierce, and Victor J. Pierce, Jacob Pierce, and Jered Pierce, individually, Plaintiffs, v. DELTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Colorado State Department of Human Services, Delta County Sheriff's Department, Delta Police Department, the City of Delta, Mike Worthington, Susan Worthington, Annette Ornelas, Susan Blaine, Paul Suppes, William Lemoine, John Gore, Travis Anderson, Royce Spiker, Donna Littlefield, and John and Jane Does 1-20, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

October 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Mark Genet, Joseph D. Bloch, Joseph D. Bloch & Associates, Denver, CO, for plaintiffs.

Theodore Samuel Halaby, Douglas Todd Cohen, Halaby, Cross & Schluter Denver, CO, for Delta County Department of Social Services, Delta County Sheriff's Department, William Lemoine.

William V. Allen, Attorney General's Office, Denver, CO, for Colorado State Department of Human Services.

Earl G. Rhodes, Michael Paul Forrest, Younge & Hockensmith, P.C., Grand Junction, CO, for the City of Delta.

Theodore Samuel Halaby, Douglas Todd Cohen, Halaby, Cross & Schluter Denver, CO, William V. Allen, Attorney General's Office, Denver, CO, for Colorado State Department of Human Services, for Mike Worthington, Susan Worthington, Annette Ornelas, Susan Blaine.

Earl G. Rhodes, Michael Paul Forrest, Younge & Hockensmith, P.C., Grand Junction, CO, Theodore Samuel Halaby, Halaby, Cross & Schluter Denver, CO, for Paul Suppes, John Gore.

Marc F. Colin, Robert Stephen Hall, Bruno, Bruno & Colin, P.C. Denver, CO, Earl G. Rhodes, Michael Paul Forrest, Younge & Hockensmith, P.C., Grand Junction, CO, for Travis Anderson, Royce Spiker.

Thomas N. Alfrey, Carol Lynn Thomson, Nicolle Herian Martin, Treece, Alfrey, Musat & Bosworth, P.C., Denver, CO, for Donna Littlefield.


ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

NOTTINGHAM, District Judge.

This is a civil-rights action. On January 4, 1999, two-year-old Kayanna Pierce died from injuries allegedly inflicted by her mother's live-in boyfriend, Jeremiah Duran. Plaintiffs Victor J. Pierce, Jacob Pierce, and Jered Pierce, Kayanna's father and brothers respectively, allege that Defendants Delta County Department of Social Services ("Delta Social Services") and its employees Annette Ornelas...

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