FIELDS v. CFSA

Filing 11

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on 7/13/2011. (DJMAC, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

CHRISTOPHER JAMAL FIELDS,
Plaintiff,
v.
CFSA,
Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 11-422 (BAH)

MEMORANDUM OPINION
The Plaintiff commenced this action against the District of Columbia Child and Family
Services Agency, alleging that the Defendant violated the 14th Amendment to the United States
Constitution by placing the Plaintiff’s daughter into a foster home without first contacting the
Plaintiff or giving the Plaintiff “any options until weeks after the process was complete.”
Compl. at 1–2, ECF No. 1. The Defendant moved to dismiss the case on May 10, 2011. Def.
Child & Family Servs. Agency’s Mot. to Dismiss the Compl., ECF No. 8. The Court ordered the
Plaintiff to respond to the Defendant’s dispositive motion on or before June 24, 2011, warning
that failure to respond in a timely manner could result in the Defendant’s motion being granted
as conceded. Order, ECF No. 9. To date, the Plaintiff has not filed a response to the
Defendant’s motion. The Court will therefore grant the Defendant’s motion to dismiss as
conceded and dismiss this case. See D.D.C. LCvR 7(b). A separate order consistent with this
Memorandum Opinion shall issue this date.

Beryl A. Howell

/s/
BERYL A. HOWELL
United States District Judge