Henry Malachowski and Julia Malachowski v. City of Keene

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• noting that state court judges and prosecutors enjoy absolute immunity from section 1983 liability for actions taken in their official capacities
• holding that a private attorney 10 acting as court-appointed counsel for a minor in a state juvenile delinquency proceeding was not 11 acting under color of state law and thus could not be sued by the minor’s parents under section 12 1983
• stating that even when a private attorney has been appointed by the court, he or she does not act under color of state law as required to support a section 1983 action
• extending absolute quasi-judicial immunity to a city juvenile officer accused of filing a false delinquency petition
• affirming a federal district court’s “decision to abstain on the injunctive aspects” of a complaint seeking return of a child from state custody “to avoid federal court interference in an area of predominant state concern”
• affirming a federal district court’s “decision to abstain on the injunctive aspects” of a complaint seeking return of a child from state custody “to avoid federal court interference in an area of predominant state concern”

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