United States Ninth Circuit

Social workers are entitled to absolute immunity for verified statements in petitions filed with a dependency court, both with respect to dependency petitions and custody petitions, as well as the statement of facts submitted therewith.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/12/2007
• Decided 06/25/2007
• Published 06/25/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, STEPHEN REINHARDT, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, MARSHA S. BERZON, RICHARD R. CLIFTON and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert R. Powell and Dennis R. Ingols, The Law Offices of Robert R. Powell, San Jose, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Melissa R. Kiniyalocts, Deputy County Counsel, and Ann Miller-Ravel, County Counsel, Santa Clara County, San Jose, CA, for the defendants-appellees.