Hopkins v. State of Rhode Island

DECISION AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, Senior District Judge.

This case is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiffs’ claims stem from actions taken by employees of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (“DCYF”) in 2001, when Plaintiff Ricardo Hopkins, an African-American, was the subject of a child abuse investigation by the state agency. Plaintiffs Dionne Nalls and Erica Hopkins, the minor children of Ricardo Hopkins, are the children on whose behalf the investigation was conducted. Plaintiffs have brought a six-count complaint, which includes federal…