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DECOTIIS v. WHITTEMORE

No. 10-1242.

635 F.3d 22 (2011)

Ellen H. DECOTIIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Lori WHITTEMORE, individually and in her official capacity as Director of Child Development Services-Cumberland; Child Development Services-Cumberland; Debra Hannigan, State Director of Child Development Services, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 24, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus E. Brown , with whom Brown & Burke, Zachary L. Heiden , and MCLU Foundation, were on brief for appellant.

Sarah A. Forster , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Janet T. Mills , Attorney General, and Paul Stern , Deputy Attorney General, were on brief for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.

SMITH, District Judge.

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