Citing references

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 103 (2d Cir.1999) (alteration in original) (quoting Cecere v. City of New York, 967 F.2d 826, 829 (2d Cir.1992)).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir.1999) (internal citations and quotations omitted); see also van Emrik v. Chemung County Dep’t of Social Services, 911 F.2d 863 , 866 (2d Cir.1990). Discretion is not unlimited.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir. 1999). In Wilkinson , the Second Circuit stated: “This Circuit has adopted a standard governing case workers which reflects the recognized need for unusual deference in the abuse investigation context.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 103 (2d Cir.1999). In other words, a defendant is permitted to have made a reasonable mistake about the state of the law and still be entitled to qualified immunity. Saucier, 533 U.S. at 205, 121 S.Ct. 2151 .

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir.1999).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir. 1999) (Sotomayor, J.). “[T]he reasonable basis test” requires that the decisions of case workers to “declare claims of abuse . . . must be consistent with some significant portion of the evidence before them.”

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 103 (2d Cir.1999) (internal alteration omitted) (quoting Cecere v. City of New York, 967 F.2d 826, 829 (2d Cir.1992)).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89 , 105 (2d Cir. 1999) ("we are not dealing with a situation in which the evidence should have suggested ... unequivocally, that Benjamin and Jonathan had been coached rather than abused.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89 (2d Cir. 1999). While “there is no constitutional right to be free from an erroneous child abuse substantiation,” Wright v. Yacovone, No. 5:12-cv-27, 2014 WL 1165834 at *9 (D. Vt.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 103 (2d Cir.1999) (“It has long been settled in this Circuit ‘that a parent’s interest in the custody of a child [is] a constitutionally protected liberty interest subject to due process protection.’ ”) (quoting Cecere v.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 103 (2d Cir.1999) (“ ‘parent’s interest in the custody of a child [is] a constitutionally protected liberty interest subject to due process protection’. ” (alteration in original)); Kenneth L.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 112 (1999) (Calabresi, J., concurring). See also id. (“As the High Court has told us, the thrust of Sacramento is to keep the existence of qualified immunity from preventing the clarification of constitutional rights.”). 2.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir.1999) (internal citations and quotations omitted); see also van Emrik v. Chemung County Dept. of Social Services, 911 F.2d 863 , 866 (2d Cir.1990).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir.1999). Moreover, “protective services caseworkers [must] choose between difficult alternatives in the context of suspected abuse,” van Emrik v. Chemung Cnty. Dept. of Soc.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 99 (2d Cir.1999).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir.1999) (internal citation omitted).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104-05 (2d Cir.1999).

Russell, No. 98-7663, 182 F.3d 89 , at 103 & n.7, 106 (2d Cir. June 17, 1999); Clue v. Johnson, Nos. 97-9522(L), 97-9564(XAP), 179 F.3d 57, 59 (2d Cir. June 10, 1999); Powell v. Schriver, 175 F.3d 107, 110 (2d Cir. 1999); Stuto v.

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir. 1999).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir.1999)) (internal quotation marks omitted).

Russell, 182 F.3d 89, 104 (2d Cir. 1999) (internal quotation marks omitted). Though Plaintiffs criticize several aspects of the investigation, it cannot be said that ACS lacked a reasonable basis for its investigation.