Federal judge denies West Virginia request to pause child welfare lawsuit
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(Getty Images)A sweeping lawsuit over the state of West Virginia’s overburdened child welfare system can move forward, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin denied a request by Attorney General J.B. McCuskey for a stay in the case as the state asked the United States Supreme Court to weigh in. If the judge had granted the stay, it would have delayed a potential trial in the case, which was first filed in 2019.
“As already observed, this case began seven years ago an
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin denied a request by Attorney General J.B. McCuskey for a stay in the case as the state asked the United States Supreme Court to weigh in. If the judge had granted the stay, it would have delayed a potential trial in the case, which was first filed in 2019.
“As already observed, this case began seven years ago an
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