YOUNG v. COUNTY OF FULTON

No. 754, Docket No. 98-7559

160 F.3d 899 (1998)

Tammy YOUNG, Individually and as parent and natural guardian of infants Matthew Young, Michael Young and Nicole Young, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF FULTON, Fulton County Department of Social Services, Karen Hasenfuss, Individually and in her official capacity as an employee of the County of Fulton, Kathleen Pape, Individually and in her official capacity as an employee of the County of Fulton, Penny Lockwood, Individually and in her official capacity as an employee of the County of Fulton, Jeanne D. Johannes, Individually and in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services of Fulton County, John Doe, unknown employee of the County of Fulton, and Jane Doe, unknown employee of the County of Fulton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. Michael Liccione, Whitesboro, NY (Bond Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen J. Rehfuss, Albany, NY, (Brennan & Rehfuss, P.C., on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee County of Fulton.

Timothy Horigan, Amsterdam, NY (Horigan, Horigan & Lombardo, P.C. on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Fulton County Department of Social Services, Karen Hasenfuss, Kathleen Pape, Penny Lockwood, Jeanne D. Johannes, John Doe, and Jane Doe.

Before: NEWMAN and JACOBS, Circuit Judges and TSOUCALAS, Judge.


JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

In September 1992 plaintiff-appellant Tammy Young voluntarily placed her twin boys in foster care under the supervision of the Fulton County Department of Social Services ("DSS"). Young brings this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) seeking damages against the County of Fulton, DSS, and several individual employees of DSS for allegedly denying her the right to visit her children for 39 days...

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