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COX v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

Nos. 15-35964 15-35980.

913 F.3d 831 (2019)

Judith COX, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of C. J. P., and Estate of B. T. P. and Charles Cox, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of C. J. P. and Estate of B. T. P., Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. State of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES; Forest Jacobson; Randy Stephenson; Jane Wilson; Billie Reed-Lyyski, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 10, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Buck (argued), Evan Bariault , Anne M. Bremner , Frey Buck P.S., Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Peter John Helmberger (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Tacoma, Washington; for Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge.

OPINION

This appeal arises from the gruesome murder of two young boys by their father during a social-worker-supervised visit during dependency proceedings brought by the State of Washington's Department of Social and Health Services ("DSHS"). One set of grandparents, Judith Cox and Charles Cox ("Coxes"), subsequently...

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