MOLINARI

v.

MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Clark Davenport Snell v. Conley Tunnell, 920 F.2d 673 (10th Cir. 1990)
  …onal analysis). The Ninth Circuit has adopted a rule of absolute immunity for child and dependency proceedings from origination until conclusion. In Meyers v. Contra Costa County Dep’t of Social Serv., 812 F. 2d 1154, 1157 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 829, 108 S.Ct. 98, 98 L.Ed.2d 59 (1987), the court held that “social workers are entitled to absolute immunity in performing quasi-prosecutorial functions connected with the initiation and pursuit of child and dependency proceedings.” However, absolute…
• Baker v. I.G. Racansky, 887 F.2d 183 (9th Cir. 1989)
  …judgment on their claim of absolute immunity. Thus, the question of whether the socialworkers are entitled to absolute immunity is not before us. Cf. Meyers v. Contra Costa County Dept. of Soc. Servs., 812 F. 2d 1154, 1157 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 829, 108 S.Ct. 98, 98 L.Ed.2d 59 (1987); Coverdell v. Dept. of Social and Health Servs., 834 F. 2d 758, 764 (9th Cir.1987); Jenkins v. County of Orange, 212 Cal.App.3d 278, 260 Cal.Rptr. 645 (1989) (granting absolute immunity to social workers who took…
• Frazier v. Bailey, 957 F.2d 920 (1st Cir. 1992)
  …when testifying at a child-custody hearing); Meyers v. Contra Costa County Dep’t of Social Serv., 812 F. 2d 1154, 1156-57 (9th Cir.) (social workers immune as quasi-prosecutorial officers when initiating child dependency proceedings), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 829, 108 S.Ct. 98, 98 L.Ed.2d 59 (1987); Malachowski v. City of Keene, 787 F. 2d 704, 712-13 (1st Cir.) (juvenile officer is immune from damages when initiating juvenile delinquency proceeding), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 828, 107 S.Ct. 107, 93 L.Ed.2d 56 (…