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BABCOCK v. TYLER

No. 88-3521.

884 F.2d 497 (1989)

Rudolph BABCOCK, individually and as guardian for two minor children, Beth Babcock and Erika Babcock; Angela Long; Willis Babcock and Elizabeth Babcock, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Wanda TYLER; Mark Bronson, in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen F. Clarke, Jr., Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Michael E. Grant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Spokane, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Michael R. Seidl, Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Portland, Or., and Robert J. Crotty, Lukins & Annis, Spokane, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before ALARCON and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA, District Judge.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case we consider whether Washington Department of Social and Health Services ("DSHS") caseworkers are entitled to absolute immunity. The caseworkers performed investigative and placement services in child dependency proceedings which had been transferred to Washington from Louisiana pursuant to interstate compact. Consistent with a recommendation of the DSHS, the Washington court placed the children in the home of Lee and...

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