Legal Opinion
Whitcomb v. Jefferson County Department of Social Services
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided September 8, 1987No. Civ. A. 86-C-1270PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CARRIGAN, District Judge.
This is a federal civil rights action commenced under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the defendant J.B. Patterson, a Jefferson County, Colorado, Deputy Sheriff, and the defendants Sherrin Ashcraft, Rose Stager and Sharon Williamson, employees of the Jefferson County Department of Social Services. Plaintiffs are Dennis Whitcomb, his wife Marilyn Whitcomb, and the Whit-comb’s two daughters, Sasha (age 7) and Somerset (age 3). Plaintiffs allege that they were deprived of federally protected civil rights by actions the defendants took after receiving a report that Mr.…
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