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WAUBANASCUM v. SHAWANO COUNTY

No. 04-3290.

416 F.3d 658 (2005)

Nahquaseh B. WAUBANASCUM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHAWANO COUNTY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry J. Gaerbers (argued), Green Bay, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andrew A. Jones (argued), Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Nahquaseh Waubanascum was placed into foster care in the Shawano County, Wisconsin, home of Mark Fry. Tragically, Waubanascum suffered sexual abuse at Fry's hands. Waubanascum brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Shawano County, alleging that the county deprived him of substantive due process when it issued a "courtesy" foster care license to Fry. A jury returned a verdict in Waubanascum's favor, and the district court entered judgment...

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