J.R. v. GLORIA

No. 09-1404.

593 F.3d 73 (2010)

J.R., a minor, P.P.A. Molly Raymond; Molly Raymond; B.R., a minor, P.P.A. Molly Raymond, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Margaret GLORIA; Stephanie Terry; State of Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Mirza and Pelletier & Mirza, LLP were on brief for appellants.

Genevieve M. Allaire Johnson, Special Assistant Attorney General, with whom Patrick C. Lynch, Attorney General, were on brief for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

This is one of several cases before this court claiming that the state of Rhode Island has failed to protect children in its care.

Plaintiffs, a family whose twins were in foster care, here appeal from the district court's grant during trial of a Rule 50(a) motion for judgment as a matter of law to the defendants, Margaret Gloria, a social worker for the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), and Stephanie Terry...

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