Legal Opinion
Natural Father & Natural Mother of An Adoptive Child v. Tolbert
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 9, 1997No. 95 Civ. 0647 (BDP)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
PARKER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs move pursuant to Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(5), for leave for an extension of time to appeal an order of this Court accepting the report and recommendation of the Hon. Lisa M. Smith, United States Magistrate Judge, and dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint. For the reasons stated below, the application for leave, which is opposed by defendant Bruce Tolbert, is granted.
THE FACTS
In early 1995, plaintiffs, who are parties to a private placement adoption proceeding in Westchester County Family Court, filed suit in this Court challenging the…
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