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I ow a , s i tt i ng by de s i gna t i on. B ec ause the part i es ar e f am i l i arw i th the fa ct s of the ca se , w e w i l l re peat 1 the m he r e onl y t o the e xt e ntne c e s s a ry t o e xpl a i n ourde c i s i on. 2 B r i gi tB a rne s ( “ B r i gi t ” ) , a n i ndi vi dua l a nd gua r di a n a d l i t e m of tw o m i nor gr a ndc hi l dr e n, M . X . a nd R . X . , a nd J e rry B a rne s ( “ J e rry ” ) , B r i gi t ’ s hus ba nd a nd c ogua r di a n, ( c ol l e c t i ve l y , “ P l a i nt i f f s ” ) appe a l the di s tr i c tc our t ’ s or de rgr a nt i ng s um m a ry j udgm e ntt o the C ounty of P l a c e r , E m i l y H i l l , D e puty R i c k H a rr oun a nd D oes 1-50, i ncl usi ve, (c ol l ec t i vel y, “ D ef endant s” ) on P l ai nt i ff

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42 U . S . C . § 1983. W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on unde r28 U . S . C . § 1291, a nd w e a f f i rm. 1 W e r e v ie w d e n o v o th e d is tr ic t c o u r t’s g r a n t o f s u m m a ry ju d g m e n t to de t e rm i ne “ w he the r , vi e w i ng the e vi de nc e i n the l i ghtm os tf a vor abl e t o the nonm ov i ng party, there ar e a ny genu i ne i ss ues of m at er i al fa ctand w hether the di stri ct courtcorr ec t l y app l i ed the re l evantsubst ant i ve l aw . ” P i nar d v . C lat s kani e Sc h. D is t . 6J , 467 F . 3d 755, 763 ( 9th C i r . 2006) ( c i t a t i on a nd i nt e rna l quot a t i on m a rks om i tt ed). B e c a us e the di s tr i c tc our tba s e d i t s rul i ng on the s e c ond pr ong of the qua l i f i e d i m m uni ty a na l y s i s s e tf or th i n Sa u c ie rv . Ka tz , 53 3 U . S . 19 4, 20 0 (20 01 ), w e c on fi ne ou r a nal ys i s t o thi s i ss ue. W e c on du cta tw o-partanal ys i s of Sa uci er ’s3

s e c o n d p r o n g : “1 ) W a s th e la w g o v e rn in g th e o f f ic ia l’s c o n d u c t c le a r ly e s t abl i s he d? ” a nd “ 2) U nde rtha tl a w , c oul d ar e a s onabl e of f i c i a l ha ve be l i e ve d the cond uctw as l aw ful ? ” R o g e rs v . C o u n ty o f Sa n J o a q u in , 487 F . 3d 1288, 1296- 97 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 7 ) ( c ita tio n a n d in te rn a l q u o ta tio n m a rk s o m itte d ) . “T o b e c le a r ly e s tab lis h e d , th e c o n to u r s o f th e r ig h t m u s t b e s u f

f ic ie n tly c le a rth a t ar e a s o n ab le offi ci al w ou l d u nd er st and thatw hathe i s doi ng vi ol at es thatri gh t . ” R am i rez v . C i t y o f B u en a P a rk , 56 0 F . 3d 10 12 , 10 20 (9th C i r. 20 09 ) ( ci t at i on and i nt ernal q u o ta tio n m a rk s o m itte d ) . “T h e d is p o s itiv e in q u iry is w h e th e rit w o u ld b e c le a rto a r ea sonabl e off

i ce r thathi s c on du ctw as un l aw ful i n the si tuat i on he confront ed. ” I d. ( c ita tio n a n d in te rn a l q u o ta tio n m a rk s o m itte d ) . I f th e o f f ic ia l’s m is ta k e a s to w h a t th e la w r e q u ir e s is “r e a s o n ab le ,” th e d e f e n s e ap p lie s . I

d. (c i t at i on om i tt ed). O n W ed n esd ay, A p ri l 2 6 , 2 0 0 6 , M . X . ’ s t each er fi l ed a rep o rto f ch i l d ab u se w i th C hi l d P r ot e c t i ve S e rvi c e s . T he r e por ti nc l ude d the f ol l ow i ng i nf

orm a t i on: M . X . had b rui se s on the back of her thi gh , M . X . st at ed she gotthe brui se s w hen J e rry s pa nke d he rove rthe pa s tw e e ke nd, M . X . ha d w orn pa nt s on M onda y a nd a l on g ski rtun der her sc ho ol un i form on T uesdayi n w hather t ea cherspec ul at ed m i ghtha ve be e n a n e f

f or tt o c ove rup the brui s e s , J e rry w a s ve ry s t e rn w i th the c h i l d r e n , a n d J e rry h a d y e l l e d a ts c h o o l s t a f f th a tm o rn i n g i n f

r o n to f M. X. T hatsa m e day , P l ac erC ou nty s oci al w orker E m i l y H i l l re ad the re po rtfi l ed by M . X . ’ s t ea cherand arr i ved atthe sc ho ol at1: 30 p. m . Je rry w as expect ed t o p i ckM . X . w a s e i ghty e a r s ol d a nd he rs i s t e r , R . X . , w a s f i ve y e a r s ol d. 2 4 up M . X . and R . X . fr om sc ho ol at3: 00 p. m . H i l l i nt ervi ew ed M . X . , confi rm ed 2 J e rry s tru c k M .X . w ith a n o b je c t f o u rd a y s e a r lie r , a n d c a lle d th e s h e r if f’s o f f ic e . A t2: 10 p. m . , D e puty H a rr oun r e s ponde d a nd m e tw i th J e rry w he n he a rr i ve d a tthe s c h o o l a r o u n d 3 :0 0 p .m . A t m o s t, H ill a n d H a rr o u n h a d o n e - a n d - a - h a lf h o u r s to in v e s tig a te th e s u s p e c te dc h ild ab u s e . H ill s ta te d in a d e c la r a tio n th a t it typ ic a lly ta k e s th r e e to s ix h o u r s to g e t ac o u r t o r d e rto ta k e a c h ild in to p r o te c tiv e c u s to d y . W h e n th e y d e c id e d to ta k e M .X . a n d R .X . in to p r o te c tiv e c u s to d y w ith o u t a w a rr a n t, H ill a n d H a rr o u n k n e w : ( 1 ) J e rry h it M .X . h a r d e n o u g h to le a v e n o tic e ab le m a rks on he rl e gs f

ourda y s l a t e r ; ( 2) B r i gi tha d s truc k M . X . w i th a s pa tul ai n the pa s t ; ( 3) J e rry ha d y e l l e d a ts c hool s t a f f i n f r ontof M . X . e a r l i e rtha tda y ; ( 4) M . X . ’ s t e a c he rs us pe c t e d M . X . ha d be e n w e a r i ng c l othi ng t o c ove rhe rbrui s e s ; a nd ( 5 ) J e rry to ld H a rr o u n th a t h e m ig h t h it M .X . a g a in u n d e rs im ila rc ir c u m s ta n c e s . O n M a y 1 , 2 0 0 6 , f

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te rM .X . a n d R .X . w e r e in itia lly p la c e d in prot ec t i ve cust od y, the P l ac erC ou nty Juv eni l e C ou rt(“ Juveni l e C ou rt ”) de t e rm i ne d M . X . a nd R . X s houl d r e m a i n i n pr ot e c t i ve c us t ody . O n M a y 19, 2006, th e J u v en il e C o u rt o rd er ed P lace r C o u n ty to re tu rn M .X . an d R .X . t o B rig it ’s c u s t o d y . O n J u l y 5 , 2 0 0 6 , th e J u v e n i l e Co u r tp e rmi tt e d J e rry t o r e tu rn h o me f o llo w in g h is c o m p le tio n o f a n g e rm a n a g e m e n t c la s s e s .5

W e a g r e e w ith th e d is tr ic t c o u r t’s a n a ly s is . “O f f ic ia ls m a y r e m o v e a c h ild f r om the c us t ody of

[ he r ] pa r e ntw i thoutpr i orj udi c i a l a uthor i z a t i on onl y i f the in f o rm a tio n th e y p o s s e s s a t th e tim e o f th e s e iz u r e is s u c h a s p r o v id e s r e a s o n ab le c a us e t o be l i e ve tha tthe c hi l d i s i n i m m i ne ntda nge rof s e r i ous bodi l y i nj ury a nd thatthe sc op e of the i ntrusi on i s r ea sonabl y nec es sa ryt o avertthatspec i fi c i nj ury. ” W al l is v . Sp ence r , 20 2 F . 3d 11 26 , 11 38 (9th C i r. 20 00 ). Iti s w el l es t abl i shed that “s e r io u s a lle g a tio n s o f

ab u s e th a t h a v e b e e n in v e s tig a te d a n d c o rr o b o r a te d u s u a lly gi ve r i s e t o a ‘ r e a s onabl e i nf e r e nc e of i m m i ne ntda nge rs uf

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y t a ki ng c hi l dr e n i nt o t e m por a ry c us t ody ’ i f the y m i ghtbe be a t e n orm ol e s t e d dur i ng the t i m e i tw ou l d t ake t o g eta w arra nt . ” R o g ers , 487 F . 3d a t1294 ( quot i ng R am v. R u b in , 11 8 F . 3d 13 06 , 13 11 (9th C i r. 19 97 )) . B uti tw as no tcl ea rl y e st abl i shed as o f A p r il 2 6 , 2 0 0 6 th a t th e f a c ts k n o w n to th e o f

f ic ia ls in th is c a s e d id n o t c o n s titu te r e a s o n ab le c a u s e . A r e a s o n ab le o f f ic ia l c o u ld h a v e b e lie v e d , b a s e d o n th e f a c ts kn ow n t o H i l l and H arroun , thatthere w as re as on abl e c ause t o b el i eve the chi l dren w e r e i n i m m i ne ntda nge rof s e r i ous bodi l y ha rm a nd tha tthe de c i s i on t o pl a c e the c h ild r e n in p r o te c tiv e c u s to d y w a s la w f u l. T h e d is tr ic t c o u r t c o rr e c tly d e c id e d H ill a n d H a rr o u n w e r e e n title d to qu al i fi ed i m m un i ty e ven tho ug h they f ai l ed t o con t ac tB ri gi tbefore they pl ac ed M . X . a nd R . X . i n pr ot e c t i ve c us t ody . I tw a s notc l e a r l y e s t abl i s he d a s of A pr i l 26, 20 06 , thatoffi ci al s m ustcont ac ta c hi l d’ s s ec on d l egal gu ar di an before they pl ac e6

the c hi l d i n pr ot e c t i ve c us t ody w he n tha tgua r di a n l i ve s w i th a nothe rgua r di a n, w ho th e o f f ic ia ls r e a s o n ab ly s u s p e c t is ab u s in g th e c h ild . W h e n H ill d e c id e d n o t to c a ll B r ig it, H ill k n e w th a t B r ig it liv e d w ith J e rry , w h o w a s s u s p e c te d o f ab u s in g M .X . A l s o, H i l l ha d l e a rne d f r om M . X . tha tB r i gi tha d s pa nke d M . X . w i th as pa tul aa nd had l ea rned thatM . X . ’ s t ea chersuspec t ed M . X . had b ee n w ea ri ng cl othes t o cov er up her brui se s. A re as on abl e off i ci al coul d h ave bel i eved thatthe deci si on t o p l ac e th e c h ild r e n in p r o te c tiv e c u s to d y b e f o r e c o n ta c tin g B r ig it w a s la w f u l. T he di s tr i c tc our tc orr e c t l y gr a nt e d s um m a ry j udgm e ntt o H i l l a nd H a rr oun w i th res pectt o the B arnese s’ cl ai m thatthe cont i nu ed “ det ent i on ” of the chi l dren a f te rth e irin itia l r e m o v a l f r o m s c h o o l v io la te d th e B a rn e s e s ’ F o u r te e n th A m endm entdu e proces s r i gh tt o fam i l i al as soci at i on . “ [O ] nl y off i ci al cond uctthat

‘ shocks the consci ence ’ i s c og ni zabl e a s adu e proces s vi ol at i on . ” P orterv. O sb o rn , 5 4 6 F .3 d 1 1 3 1 , 1 1 3 7 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 8 ) . H e r e , th e d is tr ic t c o u r t c o rr e c tly c onc l ude d tha tne i the rH i l l norH a rr oun e nga ge d i n c onduc ttha ts hoc ks the c o n s c i e n c e i n th e i ri n v e s t i g a t i o n o f th e a l l e g e d ab u s e o f

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o rc u s to d y d e c is io n s s u b s e q u e n t to th e J u v e n ile C o u r t’s o r d e r . M a b e v. Sa n B ern a d i n o C o u n t y D ep ’t o f P u b . So c. Servs. , 237 F . 3d 1101, 1109 (9th C i r. 20 01 ) ( di sc ussi ng qu al i fi ed i m m un i ty i n cust od y m att er s f ol l ow i ng court o r d e r ) .7

A c c o r d in g ly , th e d is tr ic t c o u r t c o rr e c tly g r a n te d s u m m a ry ju d g m e n t. McSherr y v . C i t y of L on g B each , 584 F . 3d 1129 ( 9th C i r . 2009) ( a f f i rm i ng gr a ntof sum m ary j ud gm enton qu al i fi ed i m m un i ty) . AF F I RME D.