Legal Opinion
AE Ex Rel. Hernandez v. County of Tulare
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 27, 2012No. 10-16116PublishedCited by 668 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant AE, a minor, was sexually assaulted by his seventeen-year-old foster brother (Foster Brother) while living in a foster family home in Tulare County, California. AE contends that the County of Tulare (County) and its employee social workers (collectively, Defendants), failed to intervene prior to his sexual assault, despite their knowledge of the escalating threats and violence against him. AE brought a federal civil rights claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state negligence claims against Defendants. AE appeals the district court’s…
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