Ellis v. Mississippi Department of Health

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiffs brought suit against the Mississippi Department of Health and thirteen of its employees in their official and individual capacities alleging constitutional violations stemming from three separate war-rantless searches of the Susie M. Brooks Child Care Facility by the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH). The searches were conducted pursuant to Mississippi statute permitting inspections of child care facilities. 1 The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) on the grounds of qualified immunity and denied the plaintiffs’ motion for…