REINHARDT v. COM. OF MASS. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERV.

No. 89 Civ. 2198 (GLG).

715 F.Supp. 1253 (1989)

Mark REINHARDT, individually and on behalf of Marin Reinhardt, a minor, Plaintiff, v. The COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; Nancy Lee Torrey, Scott Griffith, "John Doe", and "Jane Doe", in their individual capacity and in their official capacity as employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Human Services Department of Social Services, Ann Joudrey, William Updegraff and Honorable George Bernhard, Defendants.

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

June 28, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maher & Brofman, Carmel, N.Y. (Kenneth M. Bernstein, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Atty. Gen. of the Com. of Mass., Boston, Mass. (James M. Shannon and Gary J. Mena, of counsel), for defendants the Com. of Mass. Dept. of Social Services, Nancy Lee Torrey, Scott Griffith, "John Doe", and "Jane Doe".

Guernsey, Butts & Walsh, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Roland Butts, of counsel), for defendant Ann Joudrey.

William Updegraff, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., pro se.

Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., New York City (Robert Abrams and Ronald Turbin, of counsel), for defendant George Bernhard.


OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This civil rights action is part of a complex of procedural maneuvers that has been evolving since September of 1988 in connection with a divorce of the marriage of the plaintiff and defendant Joudrey. Pursuant to a judgment dated January 19, 1988 and filed in Dutchess County, New York, Joudrey was granted custody of the couple's infant daughter Marin Reinhardt, age 6, while the plaintiff was given specific rights of visitation...

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