HOPKINS v. RHODE ISLAND

C.A. No. 04-373L.

491 F.Supp.2d 266 (2007)

Ricardo HOPKINS, Individually and as Parent and Next of Kin to Dionne Nails and Erica Hopkins, Plaintiffs, v. The State of RHODE ISLAND and Providence Plantations; Department of Children, Youth & Family; Jay G. Lindgren, Jr., Individually and in his capacity as Director of DCYF; Thomas M. Bohan, Esq., Individually and in his capacity as Executive Director Administration; Thomas Dwyer, Individually and in his capacity as Associate Director Child Welfare Services; Kevin Aucoin, Individually and in his capacity as Chief Legal Services; Suzan Morris, Individually and in her capacity as Senior Legal Counsel; Patricia Petrella, Individually and in her capacity as Legal Counsel to DCYF; Ellen Balasco, Individually and in her capacity as Legal Counsel to CASA; Karen Degenova, Individually and in her capacity as DCYF Investigator, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

June 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Daigle, Esq., Gelfuso & Lachut, Inc., Maureen D. Gemma, Esq., Cranston, RI, for Plaintiffs

Richard B. Woolley, Esq. Attorney General's Office, Providence, RI, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, Senior District Judge.

This case is before the Court on Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiffs' claims stem from actions taken by employees of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families ("DCYF") in 2001, when Plaintiff Ricardo Hopkins, an African-American, was the subject of a child abuse investigation by the state agency. Plaintiffs Dionne Nalls and Erica Hopkins, the minor children of Ricardo Hopkins...

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