Legal Opinion
Donkor v. City of New York Human Resources Administration Special Services for Children
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 20, 1987No. 87 Civ. 6772 (RWS)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Mary Donkor and MacAnthony Donkor (the “Donkors”) filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus (“Petition”) seeking custody of their two daughters from defendant New York City Human Resources Administration-Special Services for Children (“HRA-SSC”). The Petition also names as defendants the former Chief Administrator and three individual caseworkers of HRA-SSC, Montefiore Medical Center (“Montef-iore”), George Foltin, M.D., a physician at Montefiore, and Lea Harrison, a healthcare worker at Montefiore. The Petition alleges violations of the Civil Rights Act of…
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