Legal Opinion
Southerland v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 10, 2011No. Docket Nos. 07-4449-cv (L), 07-4450-cv (CON)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge:
This lawsuit involves a man and a woman — the plaintiff Sonny B. Southerland Sr. (“Southerland”) and non-party Diane Manning — two groups of children, and a caseworker’s apparent confusion between the two groups. Plaintiff Ciara Manning is the daughter of Southerland and Diane Manning. Ciara was supposed to be living with Southerland at the time in question, but in fact had left to live with a friend, and had not resided in Southerland’s home for at least a year.
In addition to Ciara, plaintiff Southerland fathered, by one or more women other than Diane Manning, six other…
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