United States Ninth Circuit

In an amended opinion, the purpose of a remand of claims against defendant-county is changed from a determination of qualified immunity to an examination of the county's liability under Monell v. Dep't of Social Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 694 (1978).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/19/2007
• Decided 01/30/2009
• Published 01/30/2009

Judges

• Before:  JAY S. BYBEE and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Esther G. Boynton (argued), Beverly Hills, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Carolyn A. Kubitschek, Lansner & Kubitschek, New York, NY, for the amicus National Coalition for Child Protection Reform.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark D. Rutter, Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont, Los Angeles, CA;  Martin Stein, Alison Turner, Lillie Hsu (argued), Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees., Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General of the State of California, David S. Chaney, Chief Assistant Attorney General, James T. Schiavenza, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marsha S. Miller, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Paul C. Epstein (argued), Deputy Attorney General, State of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.