Legal Opinion
Bryant v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ETC.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 20, 1982No. 81 Civ. 3173 (RJW)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.
Plaintiffs-petitioners in this action are John and Lillie Bryant (“the Bryants”), the former foster parents of three children, Kim Walker (“Kim”), David Pitman (“David”), and Virginia Parris (“Virginia”), who were removed from the Bryants’ foster care on October 1, 1980. The action was commenced when the Bryants filed a document (“the complaint/petition”) in this Court that purports at once to be a complaint seeking injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The basic legal contention…
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