Legal Opinion
Powell v. Dept. of Human Resources of State of Ga.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided February 21, 1996No. Civil A. CV 195-128PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BOWEN, District Judge.
Before this Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Complaint in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Bruce Powell, Sr., alleges that the substantive and procedural due process rights of his infant son, Bruce Powell, Jr., were violated by Defendants’ deliberate indifference toward the baby’s safety when Defendants- had reasonable cause to believe the baby was the victim of abuse. Named as Defendants are the Department of Human Resources of the State of Georgia (the “DHR”), agents or employees of the DHR, and agents or employees of the…
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