District Court, C.D. California October 31, 2001, No. CV00-5607-GAF(AJWX) (Blumberg v. Gates)

RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ RULE 19 JOINDER MOTIONS

FEESS, District Judge.

In Ovando v. City of Los Angeles, 92 F.Supp.2d 1011 (C.D.Cal.2000) this Court held that plaintiffs minor daughter could state a substantive due process claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“section 1983”) for the deprivation of her constitutional right to familial association based on her father’s wrongful incarceration.