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AMENDED OPINION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DISMISSAL

I.

Case No. C-85-2945-CAL is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 , 1985, 1986.

Plaintiff has named Nevada and California residents as defendants: May Shelton, Director, Department of Social Services, Washoe County, Nevada; Mills Lane, District Attorney, Washoe County; Victoria Mendoza, Deputy District Attorney, Washoe County; Gail Walker and Carol Humke, Washoe County social workers; Chester P. Thomas, plaintiff’s ex-husband and Washoe County resident; Robert E. Jornlin, Director, Department of Social Services, Contra Costa County, California; and Olive Banks, social worker in the Contra Costa County Child Protective Service’s emergency response unit.

Plaintiff alleges in the complaint that defendants conspired to deprive her of her constitutional right to custody of her three minor children. The record indicates plaintiff specifically claims that defendants took custody of one minor son without her knowledge or consent. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (3) (1982).

On September 6, 1985, this court dismissed the Nevada defendants because it lacked personal…