Rory O'DOnnell v. Arizona Attorney General, Arizona Department of Economic Security

978 F.2d 715 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rory O'DONNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-15895. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 21, 1992. 1 Decided Oct. 16, 1992. 1 Before KOZINSKI and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and RHOADES, District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM 3 2 O'Donnell appeals the district court's denial of his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Appellant argues that his constitutional rights were violated by the Arizona Department of Economic Security and a Commissioner of the Maricopa County Superior Court when they denied appellant's request to adopt his grandson. 3 Since the landmark case of In re Burrus, 136 U.S. 586 (1890), federal courts have uniformly abstained from adjudicating cases involving domestic relations, such as custody of children. Peterson…