LAURIE Q. v. Callahan

PATEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Laurie Q. et al, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, are or were special needs foster children in the care and custody of defendant Contra Costa County (“the County”). Plaintiffs maintain that the County, allegedly the representative payee of Social Security benefits for the children, impeded the adoption process and used the benefits for purposes unrelated to the children. Plaintiffs also allege that defendant John Callahan, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“the Commissioner”) 1 violated federal law by permitting the…