Gammie

MEMORANDUM *

Earl Doe 1 (“Earl”) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment against him in his case against two employees of the Nevada Department of Human Services.

After a tumultuous home environment replete with sexual abuse, violence, and alcohol and drug abuse, a court placed Earl and his two siblings in the care of the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) in January 1997. The two remaining defendants in this case, Nancy Gammie and Fran Zito, were assigned to work with the Doe family. Gammie was the Doe family’s social worker and Zito provided counseling services. In December 1997, Gammie placed Earl with the Roes, first-time foster parents with two children of their own. Earl was thirteen years old at the time. Later that month at a counseling session with Zito, Earl admitted for the first time that he had been sexually molested and that he himself had also sexually molested other children, including his younger sister and a young female cousin. Earl’s foster mother was present at this session. Less than two months later, Earl’s nine-year-old foster brother reported that Earl had anally penetrated him. Earl admitted to lewdness with a child…