Yow v. Crater

MAGISTRATE’S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

HIRAM H. WARD, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this action on her own and, purportedly, on behalf of her son, as the child’s mother and next friend. The child has been declared a dependent child, and has been under the state court’s supervision since his placement with foster parents several years ago. Plaintiff seeks relief against four defendant-respondents: Arvil and Lucinda Crater, the court-appointed custodians of the child; George King, the social worker who instituted the dependency petition; Judge William Freeman (then a district court judge),…