Margaret Vaughn v. Sutton Ruoff

VIETOR, Senior District Judge.

Defendant-appellant Sutton Ruoff and defendants Sandra Utz and Patricia Mar ceau are social service workers for the Clinton County Division of Family Services in Missouri. Plaintiffs-appellees Margaret and Kevin Vaughn Sr. brought suit against them for violations of several provisions of the United States and Missouri Constitutions based on the claim that defendants compelled Margaret, by coercive means, to submit to tubal ligation sterilization. The district court 2 granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on all claims except the federal and state due…