Dan Cherner v. Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc., et al.
Are respondents, who were appointed as forensic evaluator in a custody proceeding by the Family Court of the State of New York, by court order which directed specific actions, including observing the children with each parent, state actors?
Are respondents, as a court-appointed forensic evaluator, entitled to absolute immunity?
Are respondents, as a court-appointed forensic evaluator, entitled to quasi-judicial immunity?
Are respondents, as a court-appointed forensic evaluator, entitled to qualified immunity?
Are respondents, as a court-appointed forensic evaluator, entitled to any type of immunity?
May respondents, as a court-appointed forensic evaluator, disobey, flout, and violate a court order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, under a cloak of immunity?
Are respondents state actors?