Legal Opinion
Velez Ex Rel. Velez v. Reynolds
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 10, 2004No. 02 CIV.8315 JGKPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 practice and policy of prosecuting battered mothers for neglect solely because they were victims of domestic violence.
The plaintiff, on behalf of…
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