DUPUY v. McDONALD

No. 97 C 4199.

141 F.Supp.2d 1090 (2001)

Belinda DUPUY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jess McDONALD, Director, Illinois Department of Children & Family Services, in his official capacity, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Bensley Gilbert, Johnson, Jones, Snelling & Gilbert, Robert E. Lehrer, Diane L. Redleaf, Lehrer & Redleaf, Amy L. Zimmerman, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Nancy K. Hall-Walker, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Barbara Lynn Greenspan, Attorney General's Office, Danielle Jenkins Steimal, Office of the Attorney General, James C. Stevens, Jr., Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Thomas Lee Ciecko, Ciecko & Murphy, P.C., Kathryn Jill Olfe, Cook County Public Guardian's Office, Patrick Thomas Murphy, Peter J. Schmiedel, Charles Perez Golbert, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Daniel Thomas Hartnett, Martin, Brown, Sullivan & Bowman, William Gibbs Sullivan, Martin, Brown & Sullivan, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant.

Donald G. Watson, Chicago, IL, Pro se.

Gladys F. Kennedy, Chicago, IL, Pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PALLMEYER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs represent a class of persons who have been named as perpetrators of child abuse or neglect in "indicated reports" placed in the State Central Register of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ("DCFS"). Defendant Jess McDonald is the Director of DCFS. Seeking injunctive relief, Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of certain DCFS policies and procedures for investigating...

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