ELWOOD v. DRESCHER

No. 04-55635.

456 F.3d 943 (2006)

Darla ELWOOD; Terri Elwood; Edward Elwood; Anthony Delaplane; Amy Meinke, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert DRESCHER; Robert W. Zakon; Valerie Skeba; John P. Farrell; Haig Kehiayan; William A. MacLaughlin; Judy Hutchinson, in her individual capacity; California Department of Justice, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 28, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia J. Barry, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellants.

Robert E. Drescher, Newhall, CA, for appellee Drescher.

Anita Susan Brenner, Law Offices of Torres & Brenner, Pasadena, CA, for appellee Hutchinson.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, and Sandra J. Barrientos, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees Zakon, Farrell, Kehiayan, MacLaughlin, Skeba and California Department of Justice.

Before SIDNEY R. THOMAS and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAM W SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

These appeals arise out of litigation initiated by Darla Elwood over custody of two of her children. Elwood brought two § 1983 actions alleging conspiracies by various participants in state court proceedings to deprive her of custody of her children. The district court dismissed the actions and this Court affirmed. Elwood v. Morin, 84 Fed.Appx. 964 (9th Cir.2004); Elwood v. Morin, 87 Fed.Appx. 617 (9th Cir.2004...

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