Kane ex rel. K.J. v. Chester County Department of Children, Youth & Families

OPINION

JAMES KNOLL GARDNER, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section .Page

SUMMARY OF DECISION.678

JURISDICTION.679

VENUE.679

PROCEDURAL HISTORY.679

STANDARD OF REVIEW.680

FACTS .681

CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES.684

Contentions ofCHOR Defendants.684

Contentions of CYF Defendants.685

Contentions of Plaintiff.685

ntsr.nssrnN . 686

of Defendant.

Count I — Section 1983 .

Monell Liability — Policy or Custom.

Monell Liability — Failure to Train.

Pattem-of-Violations Theory.

Single-Violation Theory.

State-Created Danger.

the Conscience.

Affirmative State Action.

Count II — Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

Extreme…