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ROBBINS v. DISTRICT COURT OF WORTH CTY., IOWA

No. 78-1604.

592 F.2d 1015 (1979)

Donna Jean ROBBINS and Kester Gene Robbins, Appellants, v. The DISTRICT COURT OF WORTH COUNTY, IOWA, The Honorable John F. Stone, Judge of the Worth County District Court, Grace Christensen, Director of the Social Service for Worth County, and Clifford L. Reyerson, Clerk for Worth County District Court, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yale H. Iverson, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants.

Stephen Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees; Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen. and Lorna L. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Legal Services, Dept. of Social Services, Des Moines, Iowa, on brief.

Before ROSS and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and VAN SICKLE, District Judge.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's1 dismissal of a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on the ground that appellants' claims were barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We affirm.

The parental rights of appellants, Donna Jean and Kester Gene Robbins, were terminated in 1973 by the District Court of Worth County, Iowa. This action was taken after three hearings, on the issue...

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