BONNIE L. EX REL. HADSOCK v. BUSH

No. 00-2116-Civ.

180 F.Supp.2d 1321 (2001)

Foster Children BONNIE L., By and Through her next friend Donald HADSOCK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Jeb BUSH, as Governor of the State of Florida, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.

December 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Gievers, Gievers, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Theodore Babbitt, Babbitt, Johnson & Osborne, West Palm Beach, FL, Barbara C. Burch, Bill Fraser, Michelle Hankey, West Palm Beach, FL, Kevin S. Cannon, Orlando, FL, William M. Chanfrau, Chanfrau, Chanfrau & Bouch, Daytona Beach, FL, Jerold Feuer, Miami, FL, Rose Firestein, Marcia Lowry, Children's Rights, Inc., New York City, Robert Glenn, Glenn, Rasmussen, Tampa, FL, Leslie Goller, Wayne Hogan, Brown, Terrell, Hogan, Jacksonville, FL, Robert Kerrigan, Kerrigan Estes, Pensacola, FL, Robert Montgomery, Montgomery & Larmoyeux, West Palm Beach, FL, John B. Ostrow, Miami, FL, Bernard P. Perlmutter, Carolyn Salisbury, Univ. of Miami Law School, Coral Gables, FL, Gregory A. Samms, Ocean Optique Tower, Miami, FL, Deborah Schroth, Florida Legal Services, Jacksonville, FL, Neil C. Spector, Tampa, FL, Susan Stockham, Sarasota, FL, Greg Tynan, Orlando, FL, James Walsh, John Walsh, West Palm Beach, FL, Roy Wasson, Miami, FL, Claudia Wright, Gator Teamchild, University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL, Jay C. Howell, Jacksonville Beach, FL, Cynthia A. McNeely, With Arms Open Wide Foundation, Tallahassee, FL, Christina A. Zawisa, John M. Ratliff, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for plaintiffs.

Jason Vail, AAG, Cecilia Bradley, AAG, Office of the Attorney General, The Capitol -PLO1, Tallahassee, FL, for defendants.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

MORENO, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief relating to the operation of Florida's foster care system. The 116 page, 226 paragraph, six count Amended Complaint seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and is brought on behalf of Florida's 15,000 foster children. The suit challenges Defendants' pattern and practice of failing to fulfill their...

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