Kleinman
Kleinman v. Social Services Agency - Alameda County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DEENA KLEINMAN, et al., Case No. 16-cv-06961-JSC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE: CROSS-MOTIONS FOR
v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY - Re: Dkt. Nos. 55, 62 ALAMEDA COUNTY, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Plaintiffs filed this civil rights action against Alameda County, the Alameda County Social Services Agency (“the Agency”), and several individuals employed by the Agency (collectively “Defendants”) following years of litigation in state court regarding whether Defendants properly placed Plaintiff David Duarte’s son, R.T., with a non-relative family. Plaintiffs contend that if Defendants had complied with state law they would have placed R.T. with Mr. Duarte’s sister and her husband (the “Kleinmans”) after he was removed from the parents’ care at birth. The parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment are now pending before the Court. (Dkt. Nos. 55 & 62.) Having considered the parties’ briefs and having had the benefit of oral argument on…