ZAPPALA v. ALBICELLI

No. 94-CV-275 (FJS/GJD).

954 F.Supp. 538 (1997)

Michael ZAPPALA and Veronica Zappala, individually and as parents and legal guardians of Anthony Zappala and Micha Zappala, infants under the age of Eighteen Years, Plaintiffs, v. Linda ALBICELLI, Margaret Colligan, Richard E. Parisi, Jerome F. Melvin, Liverpool Central School District, Catherine Haas, Chris Larkin, Thomas Albani, Bonnie Englebrecht, Robert J. Stone, Carl W. Dengel II, Rene Roberts, M.C. Romas, Peter Van Patten, John C. Dillon, Jon A. Gerber, and Onondaga County, Defendants.

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

February 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thorn and Gershon (Arthur H. Thorn, Mario D. Cometti, of counsel), Albany, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Jon A. Gerber, County Attorney, County of Onondaga Department of Law (Christina M. Pezzulo, of counsel), Syracuse, NY, for County Defendants.

Sugarman, Wallace, Manheim & Schoenwald (Donald L. Schoenwald, of counsel), Syraucse, NY, for Liverpool Central Schools Defendants.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

SCULLIN, District Judge.

Introduction

This civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 arises out of alleged improprieties surrounding the Defendants' investigation of possible sexual abuse of Plaintiff Micha Zappala by her father, Plaintiff Michael Zappala. Plaintiffs make a variety of claims, all of which are premised either on the temporary removal of Micha Zappala from her parents' custody based...

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