Patricia Miroth v. County of Trinity

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PATRICIA A.E. MIROTH; No. 23-15759

STANLEY R. MIROTH,

D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:22-cv-00460-

KJM-JDP

v.

COUNTY OF TRINITY; TRINITY OPINION

COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES; TRINITY COUNTY

CHILD WELFARE SERVICES; LIZ

HAMILTON; MARIO ANGELONE;

NICOLE HAYES BRADFORD;

ALLISON BALLARD; MEGAN

SHOLTY-SCALZO; ANGELA

BERGLUND; ASHLEY POQUETTE;

VERLIN JOHNSON; DEBBIE

CARTER,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Kimberly J. Mueller, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 19, 2024 San Francisco, California Filed May 8, 2025

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Daniel A. Bress, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bress; Dissent by Judge VanDyke

SUMMARY *

Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, of a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that county officials failed to provide social services to plaintiffs and committed…