Newman v. Sathyavaglswaran

287 F.3d 786 Robert NEWMAN, as father and next of kin of Richard A. Newman and Barbara Obarski as mother and next of kin of Kenneth S. Obarski, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. L. SATHYAVAGLSWARAN, M.D., in his official capacity as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of the County of Los Angeles; Anthony T. Hernandez, in his official capacity; County of Los Angeles, Department of the Coroner, Defendants-Appellees. No. 00-55504. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 17, 2001. Filed April 16, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Bill Colovos, Southgate, MI, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Cheryl A. Orr, Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP, Los Angeles, California; Aaron M. Peck, Arter & Hadden LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; J. Spencer Letts, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-10751-JSL. Before: BROWNING, FERNANDEZ and FISHER, Circuit Judges. FISHER, Circuit Judge. 1 Parents, whose deceased children's corneas were removed by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office without notice…