Legal Opinion
Piccone v. McClain
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 2014No. 13-1627UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Louis and Elena Piccone filed a civil rights lawsuit against various state and local officials. The suit claimed a number of constitutional and state tort violations arising out of a child abuse investigation by the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families (“DCF”) and a subsequent criminal action brought against the Piccones for parental kidnapping. The district court dismissed the claims against some of the defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Later, the remaining claims brought by Mrs. Pic-cone were dismissed under Rules 41(b) and 37(b), and the remaining claims…
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