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DOE v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

No. 79 C 1991.

494 F.Supp. 179 (1980)

Jane DOE, Individually and as Mother and Natural Guardian of Mary Doe, an Infant, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, Janet Altman and Marjory Freedman, Defendants.

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

July 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Raskin, Deer Park, N. Y., for plaintiff.

Howard E. Pachman, Suffolk County Atty. by Anton J. Borovina, Deputy County Atty., Hauppauge, N. Y., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GEORGE C. PRATT, District Judge:

IS A SOCIAL WORKER ABSOLUTELY IMMUNE FROM A SUIT FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM HER HAVING FILED A PETITION CHARGING PLAINTIFF WITH CHILD NEGLECT?

That is the central question presented by defendants' motion for dismissal or summary judgment in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action.

Defendant Altman1 claims to be entitled to the same absolute immunity accorded a prosecutor...

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