SACK, Circuit Judge: This appeal arises from the withholding of a newborn infant from the custody of her parents on the basis of a toxicology test administered shortly after her birth that indicated the presence of methadone in her urine. The infant, plaintiff Mora P., was held by defendant Long Island College Hospital against the stated wishes of her mother for a total of ten days, during the first eight or nine of which th…
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