Legal Opinion
Dana Ault v. Leslie Speicher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 2011No. 09-2104PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCUSKEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Dana Ault (Plaintiff) sued Defendant-Appellee Leslie Speicher (Defendant), an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Child Welfare Specialist for violating her rights to familial association under the First, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
Plaintiff claims that Defendant interfered with her parental rights during a DCFS investigation in 2004-2005. The district court granted Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The court found that Defendant did not infringe on Plaintiffs right to familial…
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