Koulkina v. City of New York

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that a social worker who was employed by a private hospital and held a counseling session with the plaintiffs was not a state actor under § 1983
• noting that a paralegal for a private attorney is not a state actor
• noting that a paralegal for a private attorney is not a state actor
• dismissing medical malpractice claim because “plaintiffs do not allege how [defendant’s] alleged conduct deviated from accepted medical practice and caused them any harm”
• dismissing claims against private attorney alleged to have conspired with state officials because the complaint “fail[ed] . . . to detail any communication between these parties”
• dismissing claims against state officials who \did not have the authority to take action with respect to any constitutional violation plaintiffs may have suffered\ (collecting cases)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).