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RIVERA v. MALONEY

Civ. No. H-75-18.

410 F.Supp. 106 (1976)

Dorothy RIVERA, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Francis H. MALONEY, Commissioner of Children and Youth Services of the State of Connecticut and John F. Harder Acting Commissioner, Connecticut State Welfare Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

March 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary R. Hennessey, Dennis G. Hersh, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., Hartford, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Richard McCarthy, Fairfield County Legal Services, Bridgeport, Conn., for Shirley Alexander, applicant for intervention.

Francis J. MacGregor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

Before TIMBERS, Circuit Judge, and CLARIE and ZAMPANO, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZAMPANO, District Judge:

The plaintiff, Dorothy Rivera, commenced this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), to challenge the constitutionality of the administrative procedures employed by the Connecticut State Welfare Department to remove two foster children from her custody and control. Since the complaint raised substantial constitutional questions with respect...

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