Focus v. Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

A citizen’s advocacy group, “For Our Children’s Ultimate Safety” (“FOCUS”), and two of the group’s members, Jacqueline Colville and Catherine Silvio (collectively, the “plaintiffs”), appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granting a motion to dismiss their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the Family Division of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas and a judge of that court. Their claim arises out of gag orders entered during a celebrated child custody case, In re Byron Griffin, No.…