Steven Brown v. Department of Children Service

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 24 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEVEN DWAYNE BROWN, No. 21-55393

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:14-cv-05560-FMO-JEM v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN MEMORANDUM *

SERVICES; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fernando M. Olguin, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 9, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: CHRISTEN and BRESS, Circuit Judges, and ANTOON,** District Judge.

Steven Brown appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment

to three social workers and a police officer in Brown’s action brought under 42

U.S.C. § 1983. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable John Antoon II, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation. based on qualified immunity,…