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 RE NON-DELEGABLE DUTY Plaintiffs, QUESTIONS 9 v. 10 STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Certify Questions to Washington State 15 Supreme Court, which seeks, in the alternative, to answer the questions presented and conclude that 16 the State’s duties are nondelegable and that it owes the duties directly to the removed children. Mot. 17 2, ECF No.…