CAMINERO v. RAND

No. 89 Civ. 3841 (MJL).

882 F.Supp. 1319 (1995)

Rudecindo CAMINERO, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The Honorable Sheldon M. RAND, in his official capacity as Judge of the Family Court, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Alan H. Channing, in his official capacity as Executive Director of Bellevue Hospital; Jo Ivey Boufford, M.D., in her official capacity as President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; and Richard C. Surles, Ph.D., individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner of Mental Health for the State of New York, Defendants.

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

March 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New York Civ. Liberties Union Foundation by Robert M. Levy, New York City, Mental Disability Law Clinic by William M. Brooks, Huntington, Debevoise & Plimpton, of counsel by Donald F. Donovan, Philomena A. Burke, Russell I. Hartman, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Paul A. Crotty, Corp. Counsel of the City of N.Y. (Inga Van Eysden, Masako C. Shiono, of counsel), New York City, for Municipal Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

LOWE, District Judge.

In this action, Plaintiff Rudecindo Caminero, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, challenges the constitutionality of Section 251 of the New York Family Court Act ("Section 251"), both on its face and as applied.1

Currently before the Court are: (1) Plaintiff's objections to the June 30, 1994, Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Buchwald ("Report...

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