ARENA v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF NASSAU

No. 01CV6456 (ADS)(ARL).

216 F.Supp.2d 146 (2002)

Glen ARENA, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF NASSAU COUNTY, Child Protective Services, Frances DeFilippis, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Assistant Director of Child Protective Services, Susan Wheeler, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Assistant Director Child Protective Services Nassau County Department of Social Services, Genna Currie, Individually and in her Capacity as a Case Worker for Nassau County Child Protective Services, Richard S. Lawrence, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Justice of the Family Court of Nassau County, Edward Emanuele and Leonard Sperber, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

August 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glen K. Arena, Bellmore, NY, Pro Se Plaintiff.

Nassau County Attorney's Office, by Deputy County Attorney Lark Teitler, Mineola, NY, Attorneys for the Defendants the Department of Social Services of Nassau County, the Child Protective Services, Frances DeFilippis, Susan Wheeler, and Genna Currie One West Street.

New York State Attorney General's Office, by Assistant Attorney General Ralph Pernick, Mineola, NY, Attorneys for the Defendant Justice Richard S. Lawrence.

L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP, by Peter D. Rigelhaupt, Esq., Of Counsel, Garden City, NY, Attorneys for the Defendant Edward Emanuele, Esq. and Leonard Sperber, Esq.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

This is a civil rights case arising from a New York State Family Court proceeding involving the custody of a young boy.

The pro se plaintiff Glen Arena ("Arena" or the "plaintiff") alleges that the defendants the Department of Social Services of Nassau County (the "Department of Social Services"), the Child Protective Services, Frances DeFilippis ("DeFilippis"), Susan Wheeler ("Wheeler...

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