Sydney Rieman v. Gloria Vasquez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SYDNEY RIEMAN; K. B., a minor No. 22-56054 by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Steven L. Rieman, D.C. No. 5:20-cv-00362- Plaintiffs-Appellees, CBM-SP

v.

OPINION

GLORIA VAZQUEZ; MIRTA

JOHNSON,

Defendants-Appellants,

and

DOES, 2-10 inclusive; KRISTINE BROWN, also known as Doe 2,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Consuelo B. Marshall, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2023 Pasadena, California Filed March 5, 2024

Before: CARLOS T. BEA, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and LAWRENCE VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

SUMMARY*

Social Worker Immunity

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of absolute and qualified immunity to two County of San Bernardino social workers in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Sydney Rieman and her child, K.B., by and through his guardian ad litem Steven Rieman, alleging that defendants violated plaintiffs’ Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by (1) failing to provide them with…