Saltmarshall v. Prime Healthcare Services-Garden City, LLC et al

Filing 54

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS' 30 Motion for Order Permitting Release of Child Protective Services Records and GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS' 33 Amended Motion for Order Permitting Release of Child Protective Services Records - Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (CCie)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JAMES LEE SALTMARSHALL,
Plaintiff,

No. 18-10887

v.

District Judge David M. Lawson
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES–
GARDEN CITY, LLC, SHAWNA WRIGHT,
M.D., VHS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF
MICHIGAN, INC., SCOTT LANGERBURG, M.D.,
CHRISTIAN BAUERFELD, M.D., JONATHAN
MUNSO, JEFFERY TWARDZIK, JEFFREY
SMITH, and CITY OF INKSTER,
Defendants.
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AMENDED ORDER
For the reasons and under the terms stated on the record on December 4, 2018,
Defendants’ Amended Motion for Order Permitting Release of Child Protective Services
Records [Doc. #33]1 is GRANTED IN PART.2
Michigan Child Protective Services (“CPS”) will release to Defendants all records
pertaining to Janiyah Saltmarshall that reference Plaintiff James Lee Saltmarshall. This
includes any records, orders, notes, or other material referencing communications to Mr.
Saltmashall regarding contact restrictions or visitation arrangements placed on Janiyah’s
1

Defendants’ Amended Motion [Doc. #33] supersedes their original motion [Doc.
#30]. To the extent that Doc. #33 is construed as a motion to amend, it is GRANTED.
2

The amended motion [Doc. #33] was filed by Defendants Children’s Hospital of
Michigan, Dr. Langenburg, and Dr. Bauerfeld. Notices of Joinder/Concurrence were
filed by Defendants Prime Healthcare Services–Garden City, LLC and Shawna Wright,
M.D. [Doc. #37] and Defendants City of Inkster, Jonathan Munson, Jeffrey Twardzik,
and Jeffrey Smith [Doc. #38].
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biological mother, Zuleika Moreno; any material referencing written or oral
communications to Mr. Saltmarshall regarding the care of Janiyah, including “safe sleep”
habits, and Mr. Saltmarshall’s acknowledgment of receipt of such communications; and
any records, orders, notes, or other material relating to Janiyah that contain Mr.
Saltmarshall’s name.
To the extent that Defendants seek disclosure of material in the CPS file other than
those set forth above, the motion is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/R. Steven Whalen
R. STEVEN WHALEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Dated: December 6, 2018

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify on December 6, 2018, I electronically filed the foregoing paper
with the Clerk of the Court sending notification of such filing to all counsel registered
electronically. I hereby certify that a copy of this paper was mailed to non-registered ECF
participants on December 6, 2018.
s/Carolyn Ciesla
Case Manager to
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen

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