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CASSIE M. EX REL. IRONS v. CHAFEE

C.A. No. 07-241-ML.

16 F.Supp.3d 33 (2014)

CASSIE M., by Next Friend Kymberli IRONS; Alex and Jared C., by Next Friend Gregory C. Elliott; Terrence T., by Next Friend Gregory C. Elliott; Tracy L., by Next Friend Kymberli Irons; David T., by Next Friend Mary Melvin; and Danny B., by Next Friend Gregory C. Elliott; for themselves and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs v. Lincoln D. CHAFEE, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Rhode Island; Steven M. Costantino, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Executive Office of Health & Human Services; and Janice E. Defrances, in her official capacity as Director of the Department of Children, Youth & Families, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

Signed April 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wilham Dineen , Providence, RI, Marcia Robinson Lowry , William Kapell , Ira P. Lustbader , Children's Rights, New York, NY, Jared B. Bobrow , Weil, Gotshal and Manges, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Ariele Yaffee , Brenda D. Baum , James R. Lee , Attorney General's Office, Edward G. Mullaney, Neil F.X. Kelly , Department of Attorney General, Providence, RI, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

MARY M. LISI, District Judge.

This case was brought on behalf of several minors (the "Named Plaintiffs" or "Plaintiffs") in custody of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families ("DCYF"), who had been placed into foster care after they were removed from their biological homes following allegations of abuse and/or neglect.2 After the parties engaged in a lengthy discovery process and after...

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