Connor B. ex rel. Vigurs v. Patrick

FINDINGS AND RULINGS

YOUNG, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Anonymized minors acting on behalf of a class of approximately 8500 children (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) who, after being removed from their family homes due to abuse or neglect, have suffered harm or are exposed to harm1 in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (“DCF” or the “Department”), bring this suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1988 against high-level officials in the Commonwealth’s administrative bureaucracy (collectively, the “Defendants”) for allegedly circumscribing the myriad constitutional and…