United States Ninth Circuit

Evidence that social worker initially left a child with stepfather accused of sexually abusing child after interviewing stepfather, the child and her mother is sufficient to raise material fact of whether social worker believed child was in imminent danger for purposes of qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/10/2000
• Decided 01/24/2001
• Published 01/24/2001

Judges

• RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BOOCHEVER, TASHIMA and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brett J. Williamson,Peter R. Afrasiabi (argued), Christopher W. Arledge, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dennis E. Wagner, Deputy County Counsel;  Regina A. Coleman, Deputy County Counsel;  and Alan K. Marks, County Counsel, San Bernardino, California, for the defendants-appellees County of San Bernardino, Karen Perry, Jeff Luther, Kathy McBride, Dan Shoree and Chuck McAtee., Janet Stouder-Brandon, San Bernardino, California, for defendant-appellee Stephanie Rumpler.