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DONKER v. CITY OF NEW YORK HUMAN RESOURCES ADMIN.

No. 87 Civ. 6772 (RWS).

673 F.Supp. 1221 (1987)

Mary DONKOR and MacAnthony Donkor, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF NEW YORK HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, Eric Brettschnieder, Chief Administrator Special Services for Children; Yvonne Thorton, Lisa Godell and Diana Lopez, Caseworkers Special Services for Children (Godell, Thorton and Lopez are sued individually and in their capacities); Montefiore Medical Center, Lea Harrison and George Foltin (Harrison and Foltin are sued individually and in their capacities as medical personnel of Montefiore Medical Center), Defendants.

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

October 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Vernon Mason, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for city defendants; Tai Park, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of counsel.

Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., Great Neck, N.Y., for Defendants Montefiore Medical Center, Lea Harrison and George Foltin; Leonard M. Rosenberg, of counsel.

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Mary Donkor and MacAnthony Donkor (the "Donkors") filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus ("Petition") seeking custody of their two daughters from defendant New York City Human Resources Administration-Special Services for Children ("HRA-SSC"). The Petition also names as defendants the former Chief Administrator and three individual caseworkers of HRA-SSC, Montefiore Medical Center ("Montefiore"), George Foltin, M.D.,...

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