Heidi Baker Evan Baker, a Minor by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem, Heidi Baker v. I.G. Racansky Mavis Knox

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1989-09-26

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DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge: This appeal involves a lawsuit filed by Evan Baker and his mother Heidi Baker (“the Bakers”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two socialworkers who took temporary custody of Evan, then five years old, during the course of a child abuse investigation. The socialworkers, I.G. Racansky and Mavis Knox, appeal the…

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