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Nicholas Preston Ward

Direct: 304-282-6806

Address of record: DISABILITY RIGHTS OF WEST VIRGINIA, Suite 300, 5088 Washington Street West, Charleston, WV 25301
Email: nward@drofwv.org

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West Virginia Child Welfare Civil Rights Class Action

This appears to be an appeal in a class-action civil-rights lawsuit originally filed as No. 3:19-cv-00710. The named plaintiffs are individuals, and the defendants include West Virginia human-services officials. The docket indicates the case concerns practices in the state's child welfare system, but the specific allegations are not detailed in the available text.

Filed: March 13, 2025
Represents: JONATHAN R., minor, by Next Friend, Sarah Dixon, ANASTASIA M., minor, by Next Friend, Cheryl Ord, SERENA S., minor, by Next Friend, Sarah Dixon, THEO S., minor, by Next Friend, L. Scott Briscoe, GARRETT M., minor, by Next Friend, L. Scott Briscoe, GRETCHEN C., minor, by Next Friend, Cathy L. Greiner, DENNIS R., minor, by Next Friend, Debbie Stone, CHRIS K., CALVIN K., and, CAROLINA K., minors, by Next Friend, Katherine Huffman, KARTER W., minor, by Next Friend, L. Scott Briscoe, ACE L., minor, by Next Friend, Isabelle Santillion

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