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    Westlaw Delivery Summary Report for PATRON ACCESS,-

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    Family brought action against officials of social services departments under 1983. Officials moved to dismiss or in

    the alternative for summary judgment and family moved for interlocutory summa

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    United States District Court,

    D. Maryland.

    David R. HODGE, et al.

    v.

    CARROLL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SO-

    CIAL SERVICES, et al.

    Civ. No. HM-92-155.

    Sept. 21, 1992.

    Family brought action against officials of social

    services departments under 1983. Officials movedto dismiss or in the alternative for summary judg-

    ment and family moved for interlocutory summary

    judgment. The District Court, Herbert F. Murray,

    Senior District Judge, held that: (1) family could

    seek equitable relief against officials in their offi-

    cial capacities and monetary relief against officials

    in their individual capacities under Eleventh

    Amendment; (2) family stated a claim under 1983

    based on alleged deprivation of their protected in-

    terest in familial privacy; and (3) officials were not

    entitled to qualified immunity.

    Ordered accordingly.

    West Headnotes

    [1] Federal Courts 170B 265

    170B Federal Courts

    170BIV Citizenship, Residence or Character of

    Parties, Jurisdiction Dependent on

    170BIV(A) In General

    170Bk264 Suits Against States

    170Bk265 k. Eleventh Amendment inGeneral; Immunity. Most Cited Cases

    Federal Courts 170B 269

    170B Federal Courts

    170BIV Citizenship, Residence or Character of

    Parties, Jurisdiction Dependent on

    170BIV(A) In General

    170Bk268 What Are Suits Against States

    170Bk269 k. State Officers or Agen-

    cies, Actions Against. Most Cited Cases

    Eleventh Amendment provides states and their

    agents with absolute immunity from suit in federal

    court; when considering whether immunity pre-

    cludes federal claims against particular local entity,

    courts must examine essential nature of entity under

    state law. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 11.

    [2] Federal Courts 170B 269

    170B Federal Courts

    170BIV Citizenship, Residence or Character of

    Parties, Jurisdiction Dependent on

    170BIV(A) In General

    170Bk268 What Are Suits Against States

    170Bk269 k. State Officers or Agen-

    cies, Actions Against. Most Cited Cases

    Eleventh Amendment precludes action against

    county department of social services that has been

    held to be agency of state. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend.

    11.

    [3] Federal Courts 170B 269

    170B Federal Courts

    170BIV Citizenship, Residence or Character of

    Parties, Jurisdiction Dependent on

    170BIV(A) In General

    170Bk268 What Are Suits Against States

    170Bk269 k. State Officers or Agen-

    cies, Actions Against. Most Cited Cases

    Eleventh Amendment precludes claims in federal

    court against individuals in their official capacities

    as directors of social services departments to extentplaintiffs seek monetary damages. U.S.C.A.

    Const.Amend. 11.

    [4] Federal Courts 170B 269

    170B Federal Courts

    170BIV Citizenship, Residence or Character of

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    Parties, Jurisdiction Dependent on

    170BIV(A) In General

    170Bk268 What Are Suits Against States

    170Bk269 k. State Officers or Agen-

    cies, Actions Against. Most Cited Cases

    Exception to immunity under Eleventh Amendment

    for state agencies exists for federal claims for

    purely prospective equitable relief, even if claims

    might have ancillary effect on state treasury.

    U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 11.

    [5] Federal Courts 170B 269

    170B Federal Courts

    170BIV Citizenship, Residence or Character of

    Parties, Jurisdiction Dependent on

    170BIV(A) In General

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    170Bk269 k. State Officers or Agen-

    cies, Actions Against. Most Cited Cases

    Absolute immunity under Eleventh Amendment

    does not extend to individual state officials sued in

    their individual capacities. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend.

    11.

    [6] Federal Civil Procedure 170A 2533.1

    170A Federal Civil Procedure

    170AXVII Judgment

    170AXVII(C) Summary Judgment

    170AXVII(C)3 Proceedings

    170Ak2533 Motion

    170Ak2533.1 k. In General. Most

    Cited Cases

    (Formerly 170Ak2533)

    Where both parties have submitted matters outside

    complaint, district court transforms defendants' mo-

    tion to dismiss into one for summary judgment.

    Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 12(b), 28 U.S.C.A.

    [7] Federal Civil Procedure 170A 2470.4

    170A Federal Civil Procedure

    170AXVII Judgment

    170AXVII(C) Summary Judgment

    170AXVII(C)1 In General

    170Ak2465 Matters Affecting Right to

    Judgment

    170Ak2470.4 k. Right to Judgment

    as Matter of Law. Most Cited Cases

    Federal Civil Procedure 170A 2544

    170A Federal Civil Procedure

    170AXVII Judgment

    170AXVII(C) Summary Judgment

    170AXVII(C)3 Proceedings

    170Ak2542 Evidence

    170Ak2544 k. Burden of Proof.

    Most Cited Cases

    Summary judgment is appropriate only if no genu-

    ine issues of material fact exist and moving party is

    entitled to judgment as matter of law; burden is on

    moving party to demonstrate absence of issues of

    material fact. Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 56(c), 28

    U.S.C.A.

    [8] Federal Civil Procedure 170A 2543

    170A Federal Civil Procedure

    170AXVII Judgment

    170AXVII(C) Summary Judgment

    170AXVII(C)3 Proceedings

    170Ak2542 Evidence

    170Ak2543 k. Presumptions. Most

    Cited Cases

    For purposes of deciding motion for summary judg-

    ment, district court must construe all facts and reas-

    onable inferences in favor of nonmoving party.

    Fed.Rules Civ.Proc.Rule 56(c), 28 U.S.C.A.

    [9] Civil Rights 78 1304

    78 Civil Rights

    78III Federal Remedies in General

    78k1304 k. Nature and Elements of Civil Ac-

    tions. Most Cited Cases

    (Formerly 78k196.1, 78k192)

    To state claim under 1983, plaintiffs must show

    both that offending conduct was committed by per-

    son acting under color of state law and that conduct

    deprived plaintiffs of rights secured by Constitution

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    or laws of United States. 42 U.S.C.A. 1983.

    [10] Civil Rights 78 1028

    78 Civil Rights78I Rights Protected and Discrimination Prohib-

    ited in General

    78k1026 Rights Protected

    78k1028 k. Due Process of Law and

    Equal Protection. Most Cited Cases

    (Formerly 78k109)

    In combination with due process clause of Four-

    teenth Amendment, 1983 allows plaintiffs to as-

    sert three kinds of federal claims, claims for

    deprivation by state officials of specific protections

    defined in bill of rights, claims under substantive

    component of due process clause relating to arbit-

    rary wrongful government action, and claims under

    procedural component of due process clause relat-

    ing to deprivations of life, liberty, or property

    without due process of law. U.S.C.A.

    Const.Amend. 14; 42 U.S.C.A. 1983.

    [11] Constitutional Law 92 3867

    92 Constitutional Law

    92XXVII Due Process

    92XXVII(B) Protections Provided and

    Deprivations Prohibited in General

    92k3867 k. Procedural Due Process in

    General. Most Cited Cases

    (Formerly 92k278(1), 92k277(1), 92k255(1),

    92k254.1)

    If plaintiffs assert claim under 1983 based on pro-

    cedural component of due process clause relating to

    deprivations of life, liberty, or property, first in-

    quiry is whether defendants deprived plaintiffs of

    protected liberty or property interest, and if so, dis-

    trict court must determine whether process afforded

    to plaintiffs conformed to constitutional minimumunder circumstances. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 14;

    42 U.S.C.A. 1983.

    [12] Constitutional Law 92 3873

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    92XXVII Due Process

    92XXVII(B) Protections Provided and

    Deprivations Prohibited in General

    92k3868 Rights, Interests, Benefits, or

    Privileges Involved in General

    92k3873 k. Liberties and Liberty In-

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    (Formerly 92k254.1)

    As fundamental concept in Constitution, liberty

    broadly encompasses interests more far reaching

    than mere freedom from bodily restraint, but does

    not extend limitlessly to every conceivable indi-

    vidual interest that might impinge upon one's pur-

    suit of happiness in free society. U.S.C.A.

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    [13] Constitutional Law 92 4067

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    92XXVII(G) Particular Issues and Applica-

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    92XXVII(G)2 Governments and Political

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    92k4067 k. Public Records or Informa-

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    (Formerly 92k255(2))

    Interest in avoiding disclosure of personal mattersis implicated when government shares private in-

    formation or when government collects private in-

    formation in absence of legitimate state interest for

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    92k1212 k. Disclosure of Personal Mat-

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    Keeping of sensitive information relating to person-

    al lives and activities of private citizens for exten-

    ded period of time requires that government have

    legitimate interest in collecting information.

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    [15] Constitutional Law 92 1248

    92 Constitutional Law

    92XI Right to Privacy

    92XI(B) Particular Issues and Applications

    92k1247 Family Law; Marriage

    92k1248 k. In General. Most Cited

    Cases

    (Formerly 92k82(10))

    Current safeguards, including criminal sanctions for

    improper disclosure of confidential information, ad-

    equately limited access to family's case file which

    included allegation of child abuse that was later

    ruled out, where there was overriding state interest

    in using information to further governmental in-

    terest in protecting children, even though family'ssubstantial interest in familial privacy favored addi-

    tional safeguards. 42 U.S.C.A. 1983.

    [16] Constitutional Law 92 4250

    92 Constitutional Law

    92XXVII Due Process

    92XXVII(G) Particular Issues and Applica-

    tions

    92XXVII(G)10 War and National Secur-

    ity

    92k4250 k. Security Clearances. MostCited Cases

    (Formerly 92k254.1)

    National security clearances are not property pro-

    tected by due process clause. U.S.C.A.

    Const.Amends. 5, 14.

    [17] Civil Rights 78 1038

    78 Civil Rights

    78I Rights Protected and Discrimination Prohib-

    ited in General

    78k1030 Acts or Conduct Causing Depriva-

    tion

    78k1038 k. Defamation. Most Cited Cases

    (Formerly 78k115)

    Action for defamation cannot be transformed into

    federal claim under 1983. 42 U.S.C.A. 1983.

    [18] Infants 211 133

    211 Infants

    211VIII Dependent, Neglected, and Delinquent

    Children

    211VIII(A) In General

    211k133 k. Juvenile Records. Most Cited

    Cases

    Any computerized database that includes records of

    cases of suspected child abuse is central registry

    under Maryland law, and, therefore, must be kept in

    accordance with statutory procedural safeguards.

    Md.Code, Family Law, 5-715.

    [19] Constitutional Law 92 3867

    92 Constitutional Law

    92XXVII Due Process

    92XXVII(B) Protections Provided and

    Deprivations Prohibited in General

    92k3867 k. Procedural Due Process in

    General. Most Cited Cases

    (Formerly 92k278(1), 92k255(1))

    Where state officers deprive individual of protected

    liberty or property interest in accordance with es-

    tablished state procedures, one may attack those

    procedures as violative of due process. U.S.C.A.

    Const.Amend. 14.

    [20] Civil Rights 78 1057

    78 Civil Rights

    78I Rights Protected and Discrimination Prohib-

    ited in General

    78k1057 k. Child Custody, Support, and Pro-

    tection; Parental Rights. Most Cited Cases

    (Formerly 78k110.1, 78k110)

    Family that was investigated for child abuse stated

    claim under 1983 based on social services offi-

    cials' refusal to comply with statutory procedural

    requirements of notice and hearing before entering

    family's name on central registry containing records

    of reported cases of suspected child abuse. Md.

    Code, Family Law, 5-715.

    [21] Constitutional Law 92 4403

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    812 F.Supp. 593

    (Cite as: 812 F.Supp. 593)

    2010 Thomson Reuters. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

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    92 Constitutional Law

    92XXVII Due Process

    92XXVII(G) Particular Issues and Applica-

    tions

    92XXVII(G)18 Families and Children

    92k4400 Protection of Children; Child

    Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency

    92k4403 k. Reports and Lists. Most

    Cited Cases

    (Formerly 92k274(5))

    Infants 211 133

    211 Infants

    211VIII Dependent, Neglected, and Delinquent

    Children

    211VIII(A) In General

    211k133 k. Juvenile Records. Most Cited

    Cases

    Family that was investigated for child abuse was

    not entitled under due process clause to have com-

    plete access to information contained in central re-

    gistry regarding suspected child abuse, even though

    child abuse was ruled out. Md. Code, Family Law,

    5-715; U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 14.

    [22] Constitutional Law 92 4403

    92 Constitutional Law

    92XXVII Due Process

    92XXVII(G) Particular Issues and Applica-

    tions

    92XXVII(G)18 Families and Children

    92k4400 Protection of Children; Child

    Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency

    92k4403 k. Reports and Lists. Most

    Cited Cases

    (Formerly 92k274(5))

    Infants 211 133

    211 Infants

    211VIII Dependent, Neglected, and Delinquent

    Children

    211VIII(A) In General

    211k133 k. Juvenile Records. Most Cited

    Cases

    Family that was investigated for child abuse was

    not entitled under due process clause to add written

    material to their case file in central registry of sus-

    pected child abusers, even though child abuse was

    ruled out. Md.Code, Family Law, 5-715;

    U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 14.

    [23] Civil Rights 78 1376(2)

    78 Civil Rights

    78III Federal Remedies in General

    78k1372 Privilege or Immunity; Good Faith

    and Probable Cause

    78k1376 Government Agencies and Of-

    ficers

    78k1376(2) k. Good Faith and Reason-

    ableness; Knowledge and Clarity of Law; Motive

    and Intent, in General. Most Cited Cases

    (Formerly 78k214(2))

    Public officials enjoy qualified immunity from liab-

    ility under 1983 unless their actions violate

    clearly established statutory or constitutional rights

    of which reasonable person would have known. 42

    U.S.C.A. 1983.

    [24] Officers and Public Employees 283 114

    283 Officers and Public Employees

    283III Rights, Powers, Duties, and Liabilities

    283k114 k. Liabilities for Official Acts. Most

    Cited Cases

    Defense of qualified immunity does not shield pub-

    lic officials from liability in their official capacities,

    but only in their individual capacities.

    [25] Civil Rights 78 1376(2)

    78 Civil Rights

    78III Federal Remedies in General

    78k1372 Privilege or Immunity; Good Faith

    and Probable Cause

    78k1376 Government Agencies and Of-

    ficers

    78k1376(2) k. Good Faith and Reason-

    ableness; Knowledge and Clarity of Law; Motive

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    812 F.Supp. 593

    (Cite as: 812 F.Supp. 593)

    2010 Thomson Reuters. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.

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    It was clearly established in 1989 that family had

    protected interest in familial privacy by time de-

    partment of social services became aware that sus-

    picions of child abuse had been ruled out and,

    therefore, social services officials were not entitled

    to qualified immunity from family's action under

    1983, even though officials argued that they made

    every effort in good faith to comply with state law.

    42 U.S.C.A. 1983.

    [26] Federal Civil Procedure 170A 2557

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    locutory summary judgment, district court must

    construe evidence and reasonable inferences drawn

    therefrom in light most favorable to defendants, and

    genuine issues of material fact raised by defendants

    will defeat plaintiffs' motion.

    [27] Constitutional Law 92 1248

    92 Constitutional Law

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    92XI(B) Particular Issues and Applications

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    Family was deprived of familial privacy where so-

    cial services officials failed to remove family's case

    file from central registry of suspected child abusers

    after reaching conclusion that child could not have

    been victim of child abuse, where deprivation oc-

    curred without due process of law, and where no le-

    gitimate state interest supported maintaining case

    file after true nature of child's condition was dis-

    covered. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 14; 42 U.S.C.A.

    1983.

    *595 Tracy E. Mulligan, Rockville, MD, Edwin

    Vieira, Jr., Independent Hill, VA, for plaintiffs.

    Donna R. Heller, Shelly E. Mintz, Baltimore, MD,

    for defendants.

    MEMORANDUM

    HERBERT F. MURRAY, Senior District Judge.

    The plaintiffs, David and Marsha Hodge, individu-

    ally and on behalf of their son, Joseph Hodge, have

    filed this 1983 action against the defendants, the

    Carroll County Department of Social Services

    (CCDSS), M. Alexander Jones, Director of

    CCDSS, Alan Katz, Assistant Director of CCDSS,

    and Carolyn Colvin, Director of the Maryland De-

    partment of Human Relations (MDHR), with re-spect to an investigation by CCDSS into a report of

    suspected child abuse. Pending before this Court

    are the motion of the defendants to dismiss or in the

    alternative for summary judgment and the motion

    of the plaintiffs for interlocutory summary judg-

    ment. For the reasons stated below, this Court will

    grant the defendants' motion in part and deny that

    *596 motion in part, and grant the plaintiffs' mo-

    tion.

    I. MOTION TO DISMISS

    The defendants raise three arguments in support of

    their motion to dismiss: first, that the plaintiffs have

    failed to state a claim for relief under 42 U.S.C.

    1983; second, that the defendants enjoy absolute

    immunity from suit under the Eleventh Amendment

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    812 F.Supp. 593

    (Cite as: 812 F.Supp. 593)

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    to the United States Constitution; and third, that the

    individual defendants enjoy qualified immunity in

    this case. This Court will consider each of those ar-

    guments, although in a slightly different order.

    A. Eleventh Amendment Immunity

    [1] The Eleventh Amendment provides the States

    and their agents with absolute immunity from suit

    in the federal courts. Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S.

    651, 662-63, 94 S.Ct. 1347, 1355-56, 39 L.Ed .2d

    662 (1974). When considering whether that im-

    munity precludes federal claims against a particular

    local entity, courts must examine the essential

    nature of that entity under state law. Mt. Healthy

    City Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, 280, 97

    S.Ct. 568, 572-73, 50 L.Ed.2d 471 (1977).

    [2] The United States Court of Appeals for the

    Fourth Circuit already has examined Maryland's so-

    cial services system in the context of Eleventh

    Amendment immunity, and has concluded that the

    county departments of social services are agencies

    of the State for Eleventh Amendment purposes.

    Keller v. Prince George's County, 923 F.2d 30, 32

    (4th Cir.1991); see also Williams v. Anderson, 753

    F.Supp. 1306, 1311 (D.Md.1990) (holding Kent

    County Department of Social Services immune

    from suit under the Eleventh Amendment). Accord-

    ingly, the Eleventh Amendment precludes this ac-

    tion against CCDSS.

    [3][4][5] To the extent that the plaintiffs seek mon-

    etary damages, the Eleventh Amendment also pre-

    cludes claims in federal court against the individual

    defendants in their official capacities. Edelman, 415

    U.S. at 663, 94 S.Ct. at 1355-56. However, an ex-

    ception to immunity exists for federal claims for

    purely prospective equitable relief, even if such

    claims might have an ancillary effect on the State

    Treasury. See Quern v. Jordan, 440 U.S. 332, 337,

    99 S.Ct. 1139, 1143, 59 L.Ed.2d 358 (1979) (citing

    Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52

    L.Ed. 714 (1908)). Finally, absolute immunity un-

    der the Eleventh Amendment does not extend in

    any event to individual state officials sued in their

    individual capacities.

    In this case, the plaintiffs have named Jones, Katz,

    and Colvin in both their official and individual ca-

    pacities. Within the Eleventh Amendment frame-

    work outlined above, the plaintiffs may seek equit-

    able relief against the individual defendants in their

    official capacities and monetary relief against those

    defendants in their individual capacities. Accord-

    ingly, this Court will not grant the defendants' mo-

    tion to dismiss those claims based on Eleventh

    Amendment immunity.

    B. Failure to State a Claim

    [6] In further support of their motion to dismiss the

    complaint, the individual defendants argue that the

    plaintiffs have failed to state a claim upon which

    relief may be granted. Because the parties both

    have submitted matters outside the complaint, this

    Court will transform the defendants' motion to dis-

    miss into one for summary judgment. Fed.R.Civ.P.

    12(b).

    [7][8] Rule 56(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-

    cedure permits a grant of summary judgment only if

    no genuine issues of material fact exist and the

    moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter

    of law. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S.

    242, 248, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 2510, 91 L.Ed.2d 202

    (1986). The burden is on the moving party to

    demonstrate the absence of such issues of material

    fact. For the purposes of deciding the defendants'

    motion, this Court must construe all facts and reas-

    onable inferences in favor of the plaintiffs. Celotex

    Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 323-24, 106 S.Ct.

    2548, 2552-53, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986). Mindful of

    these well-established principles, this Court will

    proceed to *597 a reading of the complaint and

    evidence submitted in this case in connection with

    the defendants' motion.

    On January 20, 1989, David and Marsha Hodge ad-

    mitted their three-month-old son, Joseph, into Car-

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