Legal Opinion
Myers v. Patterson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 11, 2016No. Docket No. 14-2554-cvPublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
The case before us concerns Plaintiff Julia Johnson’s appeal from the district court’s grant of qualified immunity to Defendant Police Officer Patterson. The district court dismissed Johnson’s claim against him by reason of his having seized *628her for psychiatric evaluation based on her supposed dangerousness to her son DJM.
In response to reports from DJM’s school that DJM’s mother was behaving in an irrational manner, Nassau County Child Protective Services (CPS) opened an investigation, led by CPS caseworker Jodi Weitzman. As a result of her investigation, Weitzman…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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