WILLISTON v. EGGLESTON

No. 04 Civ. 4454(RWS).

410 F.Supp.2d 274 (2006)

Gertrude WILLISTON; and Tawana, Latoya, and Tandika Cummins, by their parent, Paulette Cummins, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, and Jose FELIZ, on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Intervenors v. Verna Eggleston, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services; and Robert Doar, as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, Defendants.

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

January 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Urban Justice Center Homelessness Outreach Prevention Project by Wendy Bach, Munir Pujara, Legal Assistance Group by Yisroel Schulman, Randal S. Jeffrey, Elissa D. Devins, Welfare Law Center, Inc. by Marc Cohan, Rebecca L. Scharf, Petra T. Tasheff, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Honorable Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York by Deborah Hochhauser, Assistant Attorney General, New York City, for Defendants.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Defendant Verna Eggleston, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration ("City Defendant" or "Defendant"), has moved for leave to appeal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), from this Court's July 27, 2005 order and opinion ("Opinion") and for a concomitant stay of the underlying proceedings. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant's motions are denied.

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