Galanova v. Portnoy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ──────────────────────────────────── IRINA GALANOVA et al. 19-cv-1451 (JGK) Plaintiff, OPINION AND ORDER - against – VLAD PORTNOY et al. Defendants. ──────────────────────────────────── JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge: The plaintiffs, Irina Galanova and Peter Gitzis, proceeding pro se, bring this action against a number of defendants connected in various ways to a New York State Article 81 Guardianship proceeding.1 The plaintiffs allege that their rights were violated when a New York State Supreme Court Justice found Gitzis to be…