| Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events The off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum. |
 | 
07-20-2014, 07:27 PM
|
#1 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ...
Posts: 20,300
Thanked 4,525 Times in 1,357 Posts
Failed 4,505 Times in 971 Posts
| Woman files $900 trillion lawsuit against NY City for placing kids in foster care
Mother Sues New York City for $900 Trillion
By Courtney Subramanian
A woman is filing a federal lawsuit against the City of New York for placing her children in foster care three years ago without her consent. Fausat Ogunbayo, 46, is seeking $900 trillion in damages from the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), claiming the city has violated both her and her children’s civil rights, the Staten Island Advance reports.
Ogunbayo contends that her children, now 16 and 13, have suffered from “over three years of terror, horror, grievous harm, time lost, substantial economic hardship and injuries.” The city alleges the boys were taken into custody due to Ogunbayo’s mentally unfit state, for which she refused treatment. The city also claims the Staten Islander endangered her sons by leaving them home alone for long periods of time.
But according to the Advance, her accusations may have some merit. Earlier this year an appellate court ruled that there was no evidence the children were in danger due to Ogunbayo’s refusal to seek mental treatment. The boys maintained “near-perfect” attendance and good grades at school while under their mother’s care, the ruling said. They also were up to date on health examinations and vaccinations, and were of normal height and weight for their age.
Though the ruling should have reunited Ogunbayo with her sons, they remain under foster care. In filing her petition, Ogunbayo provides written letters from her children stating their desire to return home.
In response, the ACS filed a new petition to keep custody of the boys. According to complaints filed in 2008, Ogunbayo once allegedly complained to a doctor her children’s skin was becoming darker due to radiation, as well as warned their school that the FBI and the Secret Service were watching her sons. Mother sues city for $900 trillion?yes, trillion?for placing children in foster care Mother Files $900 Trillion Lawsuit Against NYC For Taking Her Kids Away - Forbes Mother Files $900 Trillion Lawsuit Against NYC for Placing Sons in Foster Care | MadameNoire | 
|  | |
07-20-2014, 07:37 PM
|
#2 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Burnaby, BC
Posts: 1,356
Thanked 1,532 Times in 479 Posts
Failed 202 Times in 77 Posts
|
This reeks of an out of court settlement.
| |
| | |
07-20-2014, 08:31 PM
|
#3 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: CELICAland
Posts: 25,687
Thanked 10,397 Times in 3,920 Posts
Failed 1,390 Times in 625 Posts
|
interesting...and wow 900 trillion  I guess she was hoping for media attention
| |
| | |
07-20-2014, 08:44 PM
|
#4 | | My homepage has been set to RS
Join Date: May 2011 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,489
Thanked 1,458 Times in 588 Posts
Failed 16 Times in 9 Posts
|
Should've just went for 1000 trillion or a quadrillion   | |
| | |
07-20-2014, 08:50 PM
|
#5 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 4,891
Thanked 7,790 Times in 2,326 Posts
Failed 409 Times in 181 Posts
|
Wait. Does she have her kids back now?
If not then shouldn't she be trying to get back custody first before financial settlement?
I guess we kinda see where her motives lie now...
| |
| | |
07-20-2014, 09:17 PM
|
#6 | | Zombie Mod
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Langley
Posts: 9,931
Thanked 5,238 Times in 1,577 Posts
Failed 120 Times in 54 Posts
|
Stop posting moldy news, Timpo. Hell, even the follow-up is old: Federal judge dismisses Staten Island mom's $900 trillion civil-rights lawsuit | SILive.com Quote:
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It stands to reason that a Staten Island mom wouldn't realize anything close to the $900 trillion she sought from the city for placing her two sons in a Queens foster home in 2008.
But Fausat Ogunbayo, 48, won't see a penny now that a Brooklyn federal court judge has thrown out her civil-rights lawsuit.
District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis said Ms. Ogunbayo - despite amending her court filings - failed to plead or show, for that matter, that her alleged damages were caused by a city policy or custom.
To establish liability against a municipality under the section of law she cited, Ms. Ogunbayo needed to claim and to demonstrate that her rights were violated by the application of a formal city policy or procedure, through an unlawful custom or use allowed by policy-making officials or through a "deliberate indifference" to the proper training of workers, said court rulings.
Ms. Ogunbayo, who filed the suit in January 2012 and represented herself, alleged that the removal of the boys from their West Brighton home in June 2008 violated both her civil rights and her children's.
She contended that she and her boys suffered "over three years of terror, horror, grievous harm, time lost, substantial economic hardship and injuries" due to their separation.
The children, then 12 and 10 years old, are now 18 and 15.
In removing the boys, the city contended that Ms. Ogunbayo was mentally unstable and had refused treatment, said court papers. She allegedly suffered from hallucinations and delusions, and also left the boys at home alone for extended periods while she was working, the city maintained.
Ms. Ogunbayo, whom public records indicate now lives in Stapleton, branded the allegations a "huge lie."
She received some legal ammunition shortly before filing the federal suit when a state appellate court vacated a Staten Island Family Court judge's finding of neglect against her.
There was no evidence, the appellate panel determined, that the children were ever in "imminent danger" of harm despite Ms. Ogunbayo's refusal to acknowledge her mental condition.
"Proof of mental illness alone will not support a finding of neglect," without a causal link between the parent's condition and actual or potential harm to the child, said the court.
In fact, the youngsters had "near-perfect" attendance in school and "were doing well, even thriving, academically," while in their mother's care, the appellate division said. In addition, the boys were up to date on their medical examinations and vaccinations, and their heights and weights were appropriate for their ages, said the court.
The panel also recommended that the city Administration for Children's Services (ACS) provide - and Ms. Ogunbayo accept - "appropriate services or referrals" to aid her reunification with her children, after more than three years apart.
On Feb. 17, 2012, ACS returned Ms. Ogunbayo's younger son to her custody. Two months later, a Family Court finding held that Ms. Ogunbayo had neglected her children by failing to visit them or communicate with ACS between June 8, 2011, and Feb. 15, 2012, said court records.
Ms. Ogunbayo, who denied abandoning her boys, was placed under ACS supervision, court documents said.
Her older son was, for a time, housed in juvenile detention for a criminal offense, said court papers. He was later released and remained in foster care until Nov. 15, 2012, court documents said.
Ms. Ogunbayo also sued the ACS in her federal action. That part of the case was dismissed in December 2012, court documents show.
"We agree with Judge Garaufis' decision," said Charles Carey, assistant corporation counsel in the city Law Department's General Litigation Division. "The plaintiff in these cases failed to demonstrate any violation of her constitutional rights."
Ms. Ogunbayo did not immediately return a telephone message left Tuesday seeking comment.
|
__________________
Romans 10:9 | |
| | |
07-20-2014, 09:59 PM
|
#7 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ...
Posts: 20,300
Thanked 4,525 Times in 1,357 Posts
Failed 4,505 Times in 971 Posts
|
^ oh shit I didn't see that
| |
| | |
07-20-2014, 10:16 PM
|
#8 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 14,997
Thanked 6,370 Times in 1,795 Posts
Failed 114 Times in 70 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Timpo  ^ oh shit I didn't see that | You didn't think there would be a follow up to a 2 year old story?
| |
| | |
07-20-2014, 11:39 PM
|
#9 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong
Posts: 54,525
Thanked 25,466 Times in 8,911 Posts
Failed 1,572 Times in 718 Posts
|
Timpo I don't care what anyone else says, I like you  | |
| | |
07-21-2014, 09:49 AM
|
#10 | | The Brown Reason
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Whalley
Posts: 4,607
Thanked 5,863 Times in 1,525 Posts
Failed 221 Times in 97 Posts
|
__________________ Quote: |
Originally Posted by bcrdukes fuck this shit, i'm out | | |
| | |
07-21-2014, 09:54 AM
|
#11 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Revscene
Posts: 9,953
Thanked 8,173 Times in 2,755 Posts
Failed 438 Times in 130 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by dhillon09 | 
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by skyxx Sonick is a genius. I won't go into detail what's so great about his post. But it's damn good! | 2010 Toyota Rav4 Limited V6 - Wifey's Daily Driver
2009 BMW 128i - Daily Driver
2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport V6 - Sold
1999 Mazda Miata - Sold
2003 Mazda Protege5 - Sold
1987 BMW 325is - Sold
1990 Mazda Miata - Sold 100% Buy and Sell Feedback | 
| | |
07-21-2014, 10:11 AM
|
#12 | | In RS I Trust
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mission
Posts: 20,785
Thanked 17,663 Times in 4,346 Posts
Failed 1,037 Times in 352 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by dhillon09 | Timpo is Skinnypupp   | |
| | |
07-21-2014, 10:11 AM
|
#13 | | RS.net PIMP
Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Vancouver/LA
Posts: 4,898
Thanked 3,057 Times in 824 Posts
Failed 18 Times in 17 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Timpo ^ oh shit I didn't see that | Do you seriously not look at the date of the articles you read and post? You keep posting old news over and over again.
| |
| | |
07-21-2014, 11:23 AM
|
#14 | | Zombie Mod
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Langley
Posts: 9,931
Thanked 5,238 Times in 1,577 Posts
Failed 120 Times in 54 Posts
|
Timpo's Latest Headline: Berlin Wall Falls!
__________________
Romans 10:9 | |
| | |
07-21-2014, 11:59 AM
|
#15 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 10,154
Thanked 4,179 Times in 2,056 Posts
Failed 698 Times in 222 Posts
|
Stop living in the past, Timpo.
Is your GT-R stuck in a time warp? 
__________________
Go Canucks go!
| |
| | |
07-21-2014, 12:07 PM
|
#16 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: SFU
Posts: 130
Thanked 199 Times in 45 Posts
Failed 99 Times in 17 Posts
|
Go home Timpo, you're drunk.
| |
| | |
07-21-2014, 07:49 PM
|
#17 | | MiX iT Up!
Join Date: May 2006 Location: vancouver
Posts: 8,150
Thanked 2,075 Times in 871 Posts
Failed 642 Times in 183 Posts
|
Has anyone noticed that Timpo hasn't posted any rice'd up civics recently?
__________________
Sometimes we tend to be in despair when the person we love leaves us, but the truth is, it's not our loss, but theirs, for they left the only person who couldn't give up on them.
Make the effort and take the risk..
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." - Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| | |
07-21-2014, 10:00 PM
|
#18 | | The Brown Reason
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Whalley
Posts: 4,607
Thanked 5,863 Times in 1,525 Posts
Failed 221 Times in 97 Posts
|
the admin team is busy controlling the CiC / Sharktank accounts -- between the amounts of wikipedia/youtube documentaries the revscene team must read to keep up CiC's discussions and keep the Sharktank account going, Timpo's role as an agitator of revscene's community is diminishing as they shift their focus
if i get banned anytime soon, you know it's true
__________________ Quote: |
Originally Posted by bcrdukes fuck this shit, i'm out | | |
| | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:52 AM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
