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Litigation

Sep. 24, 2015

Federal class action over warrantless removals nears certification

A federal class-action lawsuit claiming Riverside County and hundreds of its social workers have been illegally removing children from their parents without a warrant for the past 20 years is one step closer to certification.


By Deirdre Newman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal class action claiming Riverside County and hundreds of its social workers
have been illegally removing children from their parents without a warrant for the
past 20 years is one step closer to certification.


Central District Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym recently granted a motion to force the
county to list th...

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