LEONARD v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA KIMBERLY HOFFMAN, by and : CIVIL ACTION through her parents and next : friends, CLAIRE AND STEPHEN : HOFFMAN : NO. 11-7418 : v. : : DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES : OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF : PENNSYLVANIA, et al. : FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Bartle, J. January 9, 2024 Plaintiff Kimberly Hoffman, by and through her parents and next friends, Claire and Stephen Hoffman, as well as a number of other plaintiffs, brought this putative class action on December 1, 2011 against the Pennsylvania Department of Public…