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DEFORE v. PREMORE

No. 1237, Docket 94-9121.

86 F.3d 48 (1996)

Robert DEFORE and Gaylene Defore, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carol PREMORE, individually, and as a Protection Services Caseworker of the Clinton County Department of Social Services; Rose Pandozy, as Commissioner of the Clinton County Department of Social Services; Katherine Tallon, individually, and as a Child Protective Services Unit Supervisor of the Clinton County Department of Social Services; servants and/or employees of the Clinton County Department of Social Services whose names are presently unknown, individually, and in their official capacity as agents, servants and/or employees of Clinton County Department of Social Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Defore, Gaylene R. Defore, Altona, NY, submitted a pro se brief.

James M. Brooks, Brooks & Meyer, Lake Placid, NY, submitted a brief for defendants-appellees.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, OAKES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Once again we confront a case in which publicly employed social workers are obliged to make the difficult choice between taking action to protect a child, thereby risking violation of the parents' rights, and declining to act, thereby risking violation of the child's rights. See van Emrik v. Chemung County Dept. of Social Services, 911 F.2d 863 (2d Cir.1990). Robert and Gaylene Defore, parents of Erika Defore, appeal...

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