Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Odiri Nkofi Bagot v. John Ashcroft James Ziglar Kenneth Elwood
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 11, 2005No. 04-2127Published
1ConcurrenceRosenn, Circuit Judge
I concur and join in the opinion of the Court, with the exception of Parts III.B.1, III.B.3, and III.C. I write separately because I believe it is unnecessary in this *268case to grapple with the nuances of “legal custody” under New York law.
The threshold question that must be decided, as I see it, is the validity of the custody decree entered by the New York Supreme Court in the 1984 judgment of divorce granted to Brian Bagot, Odiri Ba-got’s father. The New York proceedings were essentially in divorce. The divorce proceedings were instituted by Brian Ba-got. At the time of these proceedings,…
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