San Diego House of Hope Mamie Y. Thomas Richard Thomas Fred Thomas v. San Diego Department of Social Services, and Oksana Smith

959 F.2d 241 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. SAN DIEGO HOUSE OF HOPE; Mamie Y. Thomas; Richard Thomas; Fred Thomas, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SAN DIEGO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendant, and Oksana SMITH, Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-55497. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 5, 1992. Decided April 3, 1992. Before TANG, KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The San Diego House of Hope ("House of Hope") is a community care facility for troubled juveniles. In 1985, the State of California prosecuted a license revocation proceeding against the House of Hope. The proceeding was the culmination of an investigation into a variety of charges levelled against House of Hope concerning its treatment of juveniles placed there. After the administrative law judge found most of the allegations against House of Hope to be baseless, House of Hope filed an action in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983…