KLINE EX REL. B.A.W. v. CLEVELAND COUNTY

No. 1:19 CV 197.

LESLIE E. KLINE, on her own behalf and on behalf of B.A.W. and J.T.W., minors under the age of eighteen and, JEFFERY A. KLINE, on his own behalf, Plaintiffs, v. CLEVELAND COUNTY, a local government entity; KAREN PRITCHARD, former director of Cleveland County Department of Social Services, in her official and individual capacities; KATIE SWANSON, director of Cleveland County Department of Social Services, in her official capacity; TAMARA HARDIN, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services social worker supervisor, in her official and individual capacities; PAM BRIGHT, former Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services social worker supervisor, in her official and individual capacities; NICHOLE ALLEN, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Social Worker, in her official and individual capacities; DEBI REECE, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services social worker, in her official and individual capacities; CHRISTOPHER LEE, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services social worker, in his official and individual capacities; and JOHNNY ANDERSON WHITE, in his individual capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina, Asheville Division.

November 5, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie E. Kline, on her own behalf & Jeffery A. Kline, on his own behalf, Plaintiffs, represented by Rebecca McNerney .

Cleveland County, a Local Government Entity, Karen Pritchard, Former Director of Cleveland County Department of Social Services, in her Official and Individual Capacities, Tamara Hardin, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Social Worker Supervisor, in her Official and Individual Capacities, Pam Bright, Former Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Social Worker Supervisor, in her Official and Individual Capacities, Nichole Allen, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Social Worker, in her Official and Individual Capacities, Debi Reece, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Social Worker, in her Official and Individual Capacities & Christopher Lee, Cleveland County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Social Worker, in his Official and Individual Capacities, Defendants, represented by Martha Raymond Thompson , Stott, Hollowell, Palmer & Windham.

Johnny Anderson White, in his Individual Capacity, Defendant, represented by Mark Clifford Kurdys , Kurdys Law, PC.


ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion to Seal (Doc. 60) ("Motion to Seal").

Plaintiffs previously requested that all filings in this matter be made or placed under seal.

In an Order filed on August 22, 2019, the Court rejected the concept of global sealing...

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