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Case Name	M.B. v. Tidball	CW-MO-0003
Docket / Court	2:17-cv-04102-NKL ( W.D. Mo. )
State/Territory	Missouri
Case Type(s)	Child Welfare
Attorney Organization	Children's Rights, Inc. Youth Law Center
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Benefit Source

Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Disability

Mental impairment

General

Aggressive behavior

Assault/abuse by staff

Failure to supervise

Failure to train

Foster care (benefits, training)

Informed consent/involuntary medication

Juveniles

Neglect by staff

Pattern or Practice

Personal injury

Placement in mental health facilities

Record-keeping

Records Disclosure

Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)

Medical/Mental Health

Intellectual disability/mental illness dual diagnosis

Medical care, general

Medical care, unspecified

Mental health care, general

Mental health care, unspecified

Self-injurious behaviors

Suicide prevention

Mental Disability

Mental Illness, Unspecified

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (AACWA), 42 U.S.C. § 620 et seq.

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Missouri
Plaintiff Description	Plaintiffs are five minors in the foster care custody of the state of Missouri. Plaintiffs are seeking class certification for all children under the age of eighteen who are or will be placed in the foster care custody of the state of Missouri following reports that they have suffered child abuse or neglect.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Children's Rights, Inc. Youth Law Center
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Order Duration	2019 - n/a
Filed	2017
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
	Legal Accountability in the Service-Based Welfare State: Lessons from Child Welfare Reform Date: Summer 2009 By: Kathleen G. Noonan, Charles F. Sabel, William H. Simon (Center for High Impact Philanthropy , Columbia Law School and Stanford Law School Faculty) Citation: 34 Law & Soc. Inquiry 523 (Summer 2009) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

2:17-cv-04102-NKL (W.D. Mo.)
CW-MO-0003-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 06/22/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief and Request for Class Action [ECF# 1] CW-MO-0003-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/12/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief and Request for Class Action [ECF# 22] CW-MO-0003-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/03/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 91] (W.D. Mo.) CW-MO-0003-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/08/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 168] (W.D. Mo.) CW-MO-0003-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/29/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 183] (W.D. Mo.) CW-MO-0003-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/19/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Settlement Agreement, Setting Hearing, and Directing Class Notice [ECF# 282] (W.D. Mo.) CW-MO-0003-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/15/2019 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Joint Settlement Agreement [ECF# 304-1] CW-MO-0003-0008.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/06/2019 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Report and Recommendation [ECF# 316] CW-MO-0003-0007.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/04/2019 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Counts, Lajuana M. Court not on record [Magistrate] show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0007 Laughrey, Nanette Kay (E.D. Mo., W.D. Mo.) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0003 \| CW-MO-0003-0004 \| CW-MO-0003-0005 \| CW-MO-0003-0006 \| CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Ammann, John J. (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Bartosz, Michael [Sara Michelle] Sara (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Bartosz, Sara Michelle (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 Dixon, Stephen (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Fahner, Daniel T. (Illinois) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-9000 Finch, Aaron Hirsh (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Frizell, Catherine (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Gerard, Daniele (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 Gretter, Elizabeth Pitman (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Grimm, William L. (California) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Juneja, Poonam (California) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 McGuinness, Erin Geloff (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Pitts, Freya E. K. (California) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 Rosenthal, Danielle (New York) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Schutte, Scott T. (Illinois) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Welch, Leecia (California) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0001 \| CW-MO-0003-0002 \| CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Bangert, Ryan Lee (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-9000 Bremer, Jonathan Gilbert (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-9000 Dean, David D. (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-9000 Elsbury, Laura E. (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-9000 Keller, Russell J. (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 \| CW-MO-0003-9000 Morgan, Jeremiah J. (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-0008 Quinlan, Michael D. (Missouri) show/hide docs CW-MO-0003-9000

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