THE SCHATZ FAMILY, by and through, the following persons, both individually and on behalf of the Schatz family; David Schatz; Abigail Schatz; Timothy Schatz; Sarah Schatz; Rachel Schatz; Jonathan Schatz; Rebekah Schatz; Charity Schatz; Angel Schatz; Andy Schatz; Joanne Schatz; Deborah Schatz; minors and by their Next Friend Andy Schatz, Appellants,
v.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, MO, DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES; Lynne Gierer; Tamee Bruenderman; Catherine Boone; Meredith Thibault; Pam Menefee; Bonnie Wessler; Paige Rowbottom; Jane Doe; John Doe; Jae Anne Carder; Monica Houttuin; Dina Vitoux; Judith Schechtman; Robert Schnidman; Deborah Schlitt; James Powers; Robert Schlitt; Marie Clark; Appellees,
Priscilla Grier; Defendant.
Vicki Simmons; Jackie Fisher; Glen Kuehn; Marsha Roy; Cheryl Savage; Joseph Long; Timothy Jones; Ladonna Seegmiller; Julie Lindemann; Deborah Crocker; Denise Hughes; Linda Russell; Connie Juengel; Tony Pogue; Edna Phillips; Cheryl O'Brien; Sheila Hedgecorth; Susan Elford; Donna Volner; Gerald Poepsel; Kathy Anderson; Patricia Bruns; Mark Owings; Woodrow Friel; Alpha for Adolescents; Glenda Edwards; Wendy Jackson; Peggy Bridges; Joanne Gratzer; Stephanie Light, each in their personal and individual capacity; Fee-Fi-Fo Fun Day Care; Ozark Center, a Missouri not-for-profit corporation. Appellees.
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Submitted: April 13, 2005.
Filed: September 1, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Todd A. Nielsen, argued, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.
Erwin O. Switzer, III, argued, Special Chief Counsel, Missouri Attorney General's Office, for appellees.
Priscilla F. Gunn, argued, St. Louis, for appellees Wessler, Powers, Schechtman, Houttuin, Vitoux, Long and Schnidman.
Mary Anne Lindsey, Bryan M. Groh, St. Louis, for appellee Dr. Robert E. Schlitt.
Philip C. Graham, John S. McCullough, St. Louis, for appellees Jackie Fischer and Glen Kuehn.
Michael P. Bastian, St. Louis, for appellee Cheryl C. Savage.
Robert W. Cockerham, T. Michael Ward, St. Louis, for appellees Fee-Fi-Fo Fun Day Care, Stephanie Light and Joanne Gratzer.
Rodney M. Sharp, St. Louis, for appellee Deborah Schlitt.
Steven S. Fluhr, Clayton, MO, for appellee Marie Clark.
Eric C. Young, William L. Berry, Belleville, IL, for appellee Timothy Jones.
Jeffrey T. McPherson, Karen A. Baudendistel and Cynthia A. Petracek, St. Louis, for appellees Alpha for Adolescents, Glenda. Edwards, Wendy Jackson and Peggy Bridges.
Kent O. Hyde, Springfield, MO, for appellees Mark Owens, Woodrow Friel and Ozark Youth Residential Services.
Before COLLOTON, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
The Schatz family, father Andy, mother Joanne, and ten of their eleven children, appeal from a final judgement of the District Court1 in their action brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 in favor of the Missouri Division of Family Services (DFS) and 48 of its employees and contractors (collectively defendants). We affirm.
In a third amended complaint, the Schatz family asserted 12 federal...
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