Court Opinion

ID: 9490550
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 13:46:38.537752+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:54:09.855353
License: Public Domain

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
Although I find it difficult to fault Judge Mukase/s actions in dismissing Valentin’s complaint, I will go along with my colleagues’ decision to reverse. However, in view of Valentin’s questionably accurate and complete account of what happened in 1991 and the complete absence of any information concerning efforts made by Valentin in the six years that have elapsed since then to secure the information he n'ow seeks, I am not prepared to ask Judge Mukasey to assume the role of the fictitious radio sleuth “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons.”
Like most other district judges, Judge Mukasey is overloaded with work. It would be unfair to both the Judge and the hundreds of other litigants seeking the benefit of his judi*77eial efforts to require Mm to undertake the task my colleagues assign to him.