Katie A., ex rel. Ludin v. Los Angeles County

481 F.3d 1150 KATIE A., by & through her next friend Michael LUDIN; Mary B., by & through her next friend Robert Jacobs; Janet C., by & through her next friend Dolores Johnson; Henry D., by & through his next friend Gillian Brown; Gary E., by & through his next friend Michael Ludin, individually & on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY; Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; Does, I thru 100 inclusive; David Sanders, Defendants, and Diana Bontá, Director of CA Dept of Health Services; Rita Saenz, Director of CA Dept of Social Services, Defendants-Appellants. No. 06-55559. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 24, 2006. Filed March 23, 2007. Sandra L. Goldsmith, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellants. Robert D. Newman, Esq., Western Center for Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV 02-05662 AHM. Before EUGENE E. SILER, JR., * TASHIMA, and BEA, Circuit…