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COVERDELL v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES

No. 86-3825.

834 F.2d 758 (1987)

Alice COVERDELL, acting on her own behalf and as the natural guardian of her daughter, Christina Robyn Coverdell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, STATE OF WASHINGTON; Barbara McLaughlin; Laura Langston; and Albert J. Golden, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Etter, Spokane, Wash., and Aaron Horowitz, Dayton, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry and H. Andrew Saller, Jr., Olympia, Wash., and Thomas M. Roberts, Spokane, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, ALARCON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the following issues: (1) Did the district court err in dismissing plaintiff's complaint for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against a state-employed child protective services worker, on the ground that the worker enjoyed absolute immunity from liability for her actions in seeking, obtaining, and executing an ex parte court order directing that plaintiff's newborn daughter be seized from the hospital and placed...

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