Ryan Dean, et al. v. State of California Department of Social Services

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RYAN DEAN, et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-1054-JAM-JDP 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER 14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiffs Ryan Dean, Dana Moorer, and Lief Dean bring this motion for default judgment 18 against defendants Trezell and Jacqueline West (the “Wests”).1 The Wests have not answered the 19 complaint or otherwise appeared. I recommend, however, that plaintiffs’ motion be denied. 20 Procedural History 21 Ryan Dean and Dana Moorer, the biological mother and…