C.K. v. NORTHWESTERN HUMAN SERVICES

No. CIV.A. 02-8562.

255 F.Supp.2d 447 (2002)

C.K. v. NORTHWESTERN HUMAN SERVICES d/b/a Northwestern Academy School, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry H. Dyller, Wilkes-Barre, PA, for C.K., Plaintiff.

Richard W. Yost, Yost & Tretta, Philadelphia, PA, for Northwestern Human Services, dba Northwestern Academy School, Christopher Ross, Susan Marie Alberti, Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

BARTLE, District Judge.

The narrow question before us is whether a private facility for delinquent children and its employees are state actors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Plaintiff C.K. has sued defendants Northwestern Human Services d/b/a Northwestern Academy School ("Northwestern Academy")1 as well as two of its employees under § 1983 and for negligence...

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