Filed: Dec. 04, 2019
Latest Update: Dec. 04, 2019
Summary: NOTICE OF MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE MICHAEL B. MUSHLIN AND SHAMARA MILLS AS NEXT FRIENDS LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN , District Judge . PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the declarations of Michael B. Mushlin and Shamara Mills, executed on August 14, 2019 and October 18, 2019 respectively, and the accompanying Memorandum of Law in Support of Named Plaintiff Children's Motion to Substitute Michael B. Mushlin and Shamara Mills As Next Friends, Plaintiffs Elisa W.; Alexandria R., by her next friend, Alison Max
Summary: NOTICE OF MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE MICHAEL B. MUSHLIN AND SHAMARA MILLS AS NEXT FRIENDS LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN , District Judge . PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the declarations of Michael B. Mushlin and Shamara Mills, executed on August 14, 2019 and October 18, 2019 respectively, and the accompanying Memorandum of Law in Support of Named Plaintiff Children's Motion to Substitute Michael B. Mushlin and Shamara Mills As Next Friends, Plaintiffs Elisa W.; Alexandria R., by her next friend, Alison Max R..
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NOTICE OF MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE MICHAEL B. MUSHLIN AND SHAMARA MILLS AS NEXT FRIENDS
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, District Judge.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the declarations of Michael B. Mushlin and Shamara Mills, executed on August 14, 2019 and October 18, 2019 respectively, and the accompanying Memorandum of Law in Support of Named Plaintiff Children's Motion to Substitute Michael B. Mushlin and Shamara Mills As Next Friends, Plaintiffs Elisa W.; Alexandria R., by her next friend, Alison Max Rothschild; Thierry E., by his next friend, Amy Mulzer; Lucas T., Ximena T., Jose T.C. and Valentina T.C., by their next friend, Rachel Friedman; Ayanna J., by her next friend, Meyghan McCrea; Olivia and Ana-Maria R., by their next friend, Dawn Cardi; Xavion M., by his next friend, Michael B. Mushlin; Dameon C., by his next friend, Reverend Doctor Gwendolyn Hadley-Hall; Tyrone M., by his next friend, Bishop Lillian Robinson-Wiltshire; Brittney W., by her next friend, Yusuf El Ashmawy; Mikayla G., by her next friend, Amy Mulzer; Myls J. and Malik M., by their next friend, Elizabeth Hendrix; and Emmanuel S. and Matthew V., by their next friend, Samuel D. Perry (collectively, "Named Plaintiff Children"), respectfully move this Court before Hon. Laura Taylor Swain at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY, Courtroom 17C for an order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c) substituting Michael B. Mushlin for Amy Mulzer and Shamara Mills for Yusuf El Ashmawy as the next friends for Named Plaintiff Children Mikayla G., Thierry E and Brittney W. and amending the caption to read as follows:
"ELISA W., ALEXANDRIA R., by her next friend,
Alison Max Rothschild; THIERRY E., by his next
friend, Michael B. Mushlin; LUCAS T., XIMENA T.,
JOSE T.C. AND VALENTINA T.C., by their next
friend, Rachel Friedman; AYANNA J., by her
next friend, Meyghan McCrea; OLIVIA and
ANA-MARIA R., by their next friend, Dawn
Cardi; XAVION M., by his next friend, Michael
B. Mushlin; DAMEON C., by his next friend,
Reverend Doctor Gwendolyn Hadley-Hall;
TYRONE M., by his next friend, Bishop Lillian
Robinson-Wiltshire; BRITTNEY W., by her next
friend, Shamara Mills; MIKAYLA G.,
by her next friend, Michael B. Mushlin; MYLS J. AND
MALIK M., by their next friend, Elizabeth Hendrix;
and EMMANUEL S. AND MATTHEW V., by their
next friend, Samuel D. Perry, individually and on
behalf of a class of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
-against-
THE CITY OF NEW YORK; the NEW YORK
CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S
SERVICES; DAVID HANSELL, Commissioner
of the New York City Administration for
Children's Services, in his official capacity; the
STATE OF NEW YORK; the NEW YORK
STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES; and SHEILA J. POOLE, Acting
Commissioner of the New York State Office of
Children and Family Services, in her official
capacity,
Defendants."
The City Defendant has consented to the substitution of Ms. Mills as Brittney W.'s next friend; the State Defendant takes no position. Both the State and City Defendants take no position as to the substitution of Mr. Mushlin as Mikayla G.'s and Thierry E.'s next friend. Named Plaintiff Children respectfully request that the Court grant this motion.
The within Motion for the substitution of Ms. Mills as next friend to Brittany W. and for the substitution of Ms. Mushlin as next friend to Mikayla G. and Thierry E. is granted, and the Clerk of Court is directed to update the caption as set forth above DE # 463 resolved.
SO ORDERED.
