VELEZ v. REYNOLDS

No. 02 CIV.8315 JGK.

325 F.Supp.2d 293 (2004)

Lisette VELEZ, on behalf of herself and her minor children John Velez and Steven Pagan, Plaintiffs, v. Marilyn REYNOLDS, William C. Bell, Nicholas Scoppetta, Child Development Support Corporation, the City of New York, Evelyn Ortiz, and Kathia Brown, Defendants.

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

July 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Bursor, Law Offices of Scott A. Bursor, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Alan R. Meller, Bivona & Cohen, P.C., Stephen Kitzinger, Lisa Grumet, New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION and ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and arising out of the prosecution of Lisette Velez ("Velez" or "the plaintiff") for neglect and the removal and retention of her children, John Velez and Stephen Pagan, by the New York City Administration for Children's Services ("ACS"). The plaintiff alleges primarily that ACS removed her children pursuant to an alleged unconstitutional...

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