Ruiz v. McDonnell

VANBEBBER, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant, Rose Ruiz, filed this action alleging violations of her and her deceased son’s Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants-Appel-lees Colorado Department of Human Services (“CDHS”) and Barbara McDonnell, Executive Director of CDHS (collectively referred to as the “State Defendants”), and John Does numbers one through four. Ms. Ruiz also brought ancillary state law tort and contract claims against Defendants-Appellees Renee Gallegos, Charles Gallegos, Victoria Gallegos- and Leroy Gallegos…