Medicraft v. State of Washington

1 The Honorable Barbara J. Rothstein 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 AT SEATTLE 7 NO. 21-cv-1263 JAMES MEDICRAFT, et al., 8 ORDER GRANTING ROSS Plaintiffs, HUNTER’S MOTION FOR 9 SUMMARY JUDGMENT v. 10 STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiffs, the Medicrafts (parents and minor children), claim they were wrongfully 15 separated by the State of Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (“DCYF”). 16 Defendants include the State/DCYF, Phoenix Protective Services (a state contractor), and 17 individuals1 who…