De Jesus Morales, Nelson v. Mendez Ramos, Melanie

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• holding that certain officers of the court, including court counselors, have absolute 4 || immunity when performing quasi-judicial functions
• holding that “social workers are entitled to absolute immunity in performing quasi-prosecutorial functions connected with the initiation and pursuit of child dependency proceedings”
• finding that a .social worker was not entitled to absolute immunity for conduct that occurred prior to the initiation of quasi-judicial child dependency proceedings
• making clear that social workers were entitled to only good faith immunity for their investigative conduct prior to filing a dependency petition
• extending judicial immunity to a state court mediator of child custody and 7 visitation disputes
• making clear that social workers were entitled to only good faith immunity for their investigative conduct prior to filing a dependency petition

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