J.R. v. Gloria

DECISION AND ORDER

WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.

In this case, twin boys through their mother Molly Raymond have sued a social worker and supervisor of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families (“DCYF”). They claim the DCYP employees were negligent and, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, violated their substantive due process rights by failing to remove them from a foster home in which they were (allegedly) abused. After six days of trial before a jury, at the close of Plaintiffs’ case, the Court granted Defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.…