Kloth-Zanard v. Social Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT JOAN T. KLOTH-ZANARD, : : Plaintiff, : : v. : CASE NO. 3:15CV124(DFM) : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, : et al., : : Defendants. : RULING ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS The plaintiff, Joan T. Kloth-Zanard, brings this § 1983 action against Connecticut Department of Children and Families ("DCF") employees Jean Norvig, Christine Lupke, and Carl Graham-Leichner, alleging that they improperly placed her on DCF's child abuse and neglect registry in 1997 and failed to give her notice and an opportunity to challenge her placement. She asserts a "stigma-…