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L.J. BY AND THROUGH DARR v. MASSINGA

Civ. No. JH-84-4409.

699 F.Supp. 508 (1988)

L.J., An Infant, By and Through His Next Friend, Lydia Kaye DARR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ruth MASSINGA, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

September 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Grimm, Ethel Zelenske, and the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, Md., Carol R. Golubock, and the Children's Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., Nevett Steele, Jr., Ward B. Coe, III, and Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs.

J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Catherine M. Schultz and Mark J. Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

JOSEPH C. HOWARD, District Judge.

Pending before the court is this civil rights class action brought by foster children in the care and custody of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services ("BCDSS"). Named as defendants are Ruth Massinga, Secretary of Maryland's Department of Human Resources, BCDSS, and various foster-care officials. These children allege that the defendants' administration of the foster care system in Baltimore City violates...

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