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COATS v. WOODS

Nos. 86-5712, 86-6046.

819 F.2d 236 (1987)

Charlotte COATS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Stephen WOODS; Orange County Superior Court; Jack Mandel; James Cook; Commissioner Evans; Commissioner Fassell; County of Orange; Thomas H. Schulte; Jane M. Egley; United Fathers; Henry J. Kohler; William C. Armstrong; Gail Armstrong; Costa Mesa Police Department, Newport-Mesa School District, Defendants-Appellees. Charlotte COATS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Stephen WOODS, Orange County Superior Court; Jack Mandel; James Cook; Commissioner Fassell; County of Orange; Thomas H. Schulte; Jane M. Egley; United Fathers; Henry J. Kohler; William C. Armstrong; Gail Armstrong; Costa Mesa Police Department; Newport-Mesa School District, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlotte Coats, Santa Ana, Cal., plaintiff-appellant.

David N. Kauth, Santa Ana, Cal., Kevin M. Tripi, Costa Mesa, Cal., Jeanne E. Emrich, Irvine, Cal., Bruce Fuhrer, Los Angeles, Cal., Brandt Caudill, Irvine, Cal., C. William Nyman, L. Thomas Krahelski, Santa Ana, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before PREGERSON, NELSON, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Charlotte Coats brought these actions, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in which she alleged that her husband and others wrongfully deprived her of the custody of her two children. The district court abstained from hearing the cases on the ground that the actions, involving child custody, implicated domestic relations issues, traditionally an area of state concern. Coats appeals from the district court's dismissal of the actions. We affirm.<...

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