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VAUGHN v. RUOFF

No. 02-1048.

304 F.3d 793 (2002)

Margaret VAUGHN; Kevin L. Vaughn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sutton RUOFF, Individually and in her official capacity as social service worker for the Clinton County Division of Family Services, et al.; Defendant-Appellee, Sandra Utz, as an individual and in her official capacity as social service worker for the Clinton County Division of Family Services; Patricia Marceau, as an individual and in her official capacity as a county director for the Clinton County Division of Family Services, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Shipley, argued, Liberty, MO, for appellant.

Virginia H. Murray, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, BRIGHT, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Margaret Vaughn and her husband Kevin L. Vaughn sued their Department of Family Services (DFS) caseworker, Sutton Ruoff (now Sutton McCrea but referred to as Ruoff), and other DFS employees, claiming Ruoff coerced Margaret into having a tubal ligation procedure. Ruoff began working with the Vaughns after DFS received a report that their infant, Leta, was failing to thrive and not receiving necessary medication. After investigation confirmed Leta...

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