Kelly Galatz v. Franscell, Strickland, Roberts & Lawrence Barbara Roberts, P.C.

95 F.3d 1157 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kelly GALATZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRANSCELL, STRICKLAND, ROBERTS & LAWRENCE; Barbara Roberts, P.C., Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-56289. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 8, 1996. Decided Aug. 27, 1996. Before: D.W. NELSON, T.G. NELSON and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Kelly Escobar Galatz ("Galatz") appeals the district court's Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) dismissal of her diversity action alleging defamation by Barbara Roberts ("Roberts"), the attorney who represented the police officers in Escobar v. Scutella, Nos. 95-55221/55389. In that action, Galatz alleged she was unlawfully arrested as an accessory to her husband's murder of their six-month-old child. In this case, Galatz claims that Roberts defamed her by telling a newspaper reporter that Galatz admitted during trial that she had lied to the police about how the child was injured. The district court…