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  • MD v. Abbott

    Publication Date: 2018-10-29
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Class Actions
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
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    Case Number: 18-40057

    Plaintiffs, a certified class of minor children in the Permanent Managing Conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family Protective Services, filed a section 1983 suit seeking injunctive relief against the State, alleging the State's maintenance of its foster care system exposed them to serious risk of abuse, neglect, and harm.