Miroth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Patricia Miroth & Stanley Miroth, No. 2:22-cv-00460-KJM-JDP Plaintiffs, ORDER v. _. County of Trinity, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiffs Patricia and Stanley Miroth bring a second amended complaint against Trinity County and several of its employees! alleging defendants wrongfully deprived them of their 19 parental rights. Defendants move to dismiss. The court held a hearing on the motion on February 17, 2023. Serena Warner appeared for defendants. Mins. Hr’g, ECF No. 63. No attorney appeared on behalf of plaintiffs. /d.? Although no attorney appeared for plaintiffs, the court decides the motion on the merits based on the parties’ briefs. For the reasons below, the court grants the motion.

' The individual defendants are social workers Liz Hamilton, Mario Angelone, Nicole Hays Bradford, Allison Ballard, Megan Scalzo (formerly Sholty-Scalzo), Angela Berglund and Ashley…