Chrissy F., by Her Next Friend and Guardian Ad Litem Donna Medley v. Mississippi Department of Public Welfare

DUHE, Circuit Judge:

Donna Medley appeals the district court’s dismissal of a complaint alleging civil rights violations and pendent state claims which she filed on behalf of an infant, Chrissy F. We reverse and remand.

Medley’s complaint alleges the following facts which, for present purposes, we assume to be true: Chrissy’s father, Timothy Foxworth, sexually abused her. Her mother, Dorrie Singley, divorced Foxworth because of this behavior. A Mississippi state court awarded custody of Chrissy to Sing-ley but later awarded custody to Foxworth. Singley presented medical evidence of Chrissy’s…