Ryan v. Illinois Department of Children & Family Services

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

The Plaintiffs waived the majority of their claims in this lawsuit by failing to avail themselves of their procedural due process rights, i.e. failing to appear at the pre-termination hearing and the civil service hearing.

The remaining claims are grounded solely on the First Amendment rights of speech and religion. At the close of Plaintiffs’ evidence, it becomes clear that no reasonable jury could find in their favor and Defendants, therefore, are entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

But first, the prolix facts of this ease.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

William…