Sheila Griffin, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased v. Mary Ann Poynter, et al.

Peoria, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased, who sued for damages relating to the abuse and death of R.R., a minor, who was killed by his father.<br>
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he facts establish that on January 26, 2019, 9-year-old R.R. was pronounced dead after having been abused by her father, Richard Rountree, and killed by Roundtree's girlfriend, Cynthia Clay, a/k/a Cynthia Baker. T<br>
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Plaintiff has named eight other Defendants, all DCFS workers operating under a Child Welfare Employee License (CWEL). In Count I, Plaintiff states a federal claim, that the DCFS Defendants violated R.R.'s Fourteenth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property, and Equal Protection. Count I is not the subject of the motion to dismiss, as Defendant moves only to dismiss the Count VIII-XXIII state law claims directed against the DCFS Defendants.

The Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (D. 189 ) is granted as to Count One and it is dismissed with prejudice; the Court declines to exercise its supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining state law claims which are dismissed without prejudice. Therefore, the Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of the DCFS Defendants and close the case. SEE WRITTEN ORDER. (BL) (Entered: 11/14/2025)