PHIFER v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Docket No. 01-7131.

289 F.3d 49 (2002)

Tina PHIFER, for herself and on behalf of her infant daughter, Amkia Phifer, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK, Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of the City of New York, in his official and individual capacities, New York City Administration for Children's Services, Children's Aid Society, Nicholas Scopetta, Commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children's Services, in his official and individual capacity, Hattie L. Lucas, Director of the Office of the Ombudsman for the Administration for Children's Services, in her official and individual capacities, Delano Saunders, Christine Gabriel, Ellen Lauter, Edward Nichols M.D., The Montefiore Medical Center, Beth Yurdin, Richard Rosencrantz, Dyan Hes, Henry Adams, Paul Levy, William Spivak, Aeri Moon, John Doe, an employee of the aforesaid defendants whose identities are not presently known, and Jane Doe, an employee of the aforesaid defendants whose identities are not presently known, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Benjamin, Law Offices of Ronald R. Benjamin, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul H. Aloe, Rubin Baum, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee The Children's Aid Society.

Howard R. Cohen, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees The City of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, the New York City Administration for Children's Services, Hattie Lucas, Nicholas Scopetta, Delano Saunders, and Christine Gabriel.

Rosanne Leacy, Aaronson, Rappaport, Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees The Montefiore Medical Center, Beth Yurdin, Richard Rosencrantz, M.D., Dyan Hes, M.D., Henry Adam, M.D., William Spivak, M.D., and Aeri Moon, M.D.

Peter I. Livingston, Rosen & Livingston, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Ellen Lauter.

Robert G. Vizza, Geisler & Gabriele, LLP, Garden City, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Edward Nichols, M.D.

Before: JACOBS, SACK, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


Judge JACOBS concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.

KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.

Introduction

Plaintiff-Appellant Tina Phifer ("Phifer") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, J.), dismissing her federal claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Phifer filed the instant civil rights action under 42 U.S...

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