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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
170Bk268 What Are Suits Against States
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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8/9/2019 Hodge v. Carroll Cty DSS 812 F.supp. 593
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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
92 Constitutional Law
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-
terests. Most Cited Cases
(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.
Const.Amend. 14.
[13] Constitutional Law 92 4067
92 Constitutional Law
92XXVII Due Process
92XXVII(G) Particular Issues and Applica-
tions
92XXVII(G)2 Governments and Political
Subdivisions in General
92k4067 k. Public Records or Informa-
tion. Most Cited Cases
(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
such collection. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 14.
[14] Constitutional Law 92 1212
92 Constitutional Law
92XI Right to Privacy
92XI(A) In General
92k1212 k. Disclosure of Personal Mat-
ters. Most Cited Cases(Formerly 92k82(7))
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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8/9/2019 Hodge v. Carroll Cty DSS 812 F.supp. 593
5/22
[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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8/9/2019 Hodge v. Carroll Cty DSS 812 F.supp. 593
6/22
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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8/9/2019 Hodge v. Carroll Cty DSS 812 F.supp. 593
7/22
and Intent, in General. Most Cited Cases
(Formerly 78k214(2))
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
170A Federal Civil Procedure
170AXVII Judgment
170AXVII(C) Summary Judgment
170AXVII(C)3 Proceedings
170Ak2557 k. Partial Summary Judg-
ment. Most Cited Cases
For purposes of motion by plaintiffs for inter-
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
92XI Right to Privacy
92XI(B) Particular Issues and Applications
92k1247 Family Law; Marriage
92k1248 k. In General. Most Cited
Cases
(Formerly 92k82(10))
Infants 211 133
211 Infants
211VIII Dependent, Neglected, and Delinquent
Children
211VIII(A) In General
211k133 k. Juvenile Records. Most Cited
Cases
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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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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