# David Glen Meyers v. Contra Costa County Department of Social Services, Defendants

> Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · March 16, 1987 · 812 F.2d 1154

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9475881

## Case

- **Full name:** David Glen MEYERS, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- **Decided:** March 16, 1987
- **Citations:** 812 F.2d 1154; 55 U.S.L.W. 2527; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 3312
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Boochever
- **Judges:** Schroeder, Canby, Boochever
- **Cited by:** 181 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a child 11 services worker enjoyed absolute immunity for “bringing dependency proceedings” and 12 for “the testimony he gave during the dependency proceedings,” but not for allegedly 13 ordering a child “to stay away from his home until after the hearing before th…
- finding it “beyond question” that social worker was “entitled 21 to absolute immunity for the testimony he gave during the dependency proceedings and the 22 custody hearing because witnesses, including government witnesses, are immune from liability 23 for their testimony.”
- concluding that a social worker’s own restraining order, which “involved no physical interference with parental custody,” was protected by qualified immunity because it violated no clearly established statutory or constitutional rights
- holding that certain officers of the court, including court counselors, have absolute 4 || immunity when performing quasi-judicial functions
- holding it to be beyond doubt that the testimony a caseworker gave is afforded absolute immunity because witnesses, including government witnesses, are immune from liability for their testimony

## Opinion text

*1160 BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge, dissenting in part:
I believe that the Meyers have stated sufficient allegations of deprivation of statutory and constitutional parental rights by alleging that Haaland ordered David Meyers to stay away from his home. I would remand for resolution of the factual issues. involved in a qualified immunity defense.

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