KELSER v. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPT., ETC.

No. 81-1147.

679 F.2d 1092 (1982)

Mary E. KELSER and Mary E. Kelser as Mother and Next Friend of David Kelser, a minor and Mary E. Kelser as Mother and Next Friend of Jean Kelser, a minor and Mary E. Kelser as Mother and Next Friend of Nancy Kelser, a minor, Appellants, v. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and John Q. Isaacs and Ms. Charlotte Gammer, Deputy Director Department of Social Services, Anne Arundel County and Ms. Patricia A. Watters and Ms. Paula A. D. Phillips and Ronald M. Naditch All Defendants but for Robert Henley are sued as individuals and in their official capacities and Robert Henley, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. McGeehan, Fairfax, Va. (James E. Hirschman, Goldstein & Ahalt, College Park, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Frederick C. Sussman, Asst. County Sol., Annapolis, Md. (Steven P. Resnick, County Sol., Karen A. Murphy, Asst. County Sol., Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. of Md., Lois F. Lapidus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alvin I. Frederick, Eccleston & Seidler, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and JACKSON L. KISER, United States District Judge sitting by designation.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Mary E. Kelser appeals an order of the district court abstaining from exercising jurisdiction under the doctrine of Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), and dismissing her suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 for injunctive, declaratory and monetary relief against the Anne Arundel Department of Social Services (DDS), various officials and employees...

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