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VOSBURG v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 88-2632.

884 F.2d 133 (1989)

Gloria VOSBURG; Eva Marie Vosburg, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; Christina Robertson; Billie Jo Powell; Linda Russell; Virginia Burks, Defendants-Appellees, Vocal Virginia, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. DiJoseph (Sattler & DiJoseph, on brief), Arlington, Va., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathleen P. O'Brien, Falls Church, Va., (Carolyn S. Motes, Motes, Fite & O'Brien, on brief), McLean, Va., for defendants-appellees.

(Vocal-Virginia, on brief), for amicus curiae.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, and KAUFMAN, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

Gloria Vosburg appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment against her on the § 1983 action she brought on behalf of her daughter, Eva Vosburg, and herself against the Virginia Department of Social Services and four state social workers. Finding that the state social workers are absolutely immune from liability arising from their role in filing a removal petition, we affirm the decision...

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