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Summary: 14-3876 Williams v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH
Summary: 14-3876 Williams v. New York City Transit Authority, et al. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH ..
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14‐3876
Williams v. New York City Transit Authority, et al.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S
LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER
THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A
SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley
Square, in the City of New York, on the 22nd day of October, two thousand
fifteen.
PRESENT: CHESTER J. STRAUB,
RICHARD C. WESLEY,
DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON,
Circuit Judges.
______________________
IRA C. WILLIAMS, JR.
Plaintiff‐Appellant,
‐v.‐ No. 14‐3876
NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
AUTHORITY AND SALLY LIBRERA,
Defendants‐Appellees.
______________________
FOR PLAINTIFF‐APPELLANT: IRENE DONNA THOMAS, Thomas &
Associates, Brooklyn, NY.
FOR DEFENDANTS‐APPELLEES: ROBERT K. DRINAN, Assistant General
Counsel, for Lewis S. Finkelman, General
Counsel, New York City Transit Authority,
New York, NY.
Appeal from the United States District Court for Eastern District of New
York (Eric N. Vitaliano, Judge).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED,
ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court is
AFFIRMED.
Plaintiff‐Appellant Ira C. Williams, Jr. (“Williams”) appeals a grant of
summary judgment in favor of his employer, Defendant‐Appellee New York
City Transit Authority (“NYCTA”), and Defendant‐Appellee Sally Librera
(“Librera”), an Acting Assistant Vice President of Operations Training within the
NYCTA. Williams’s action against the NYCTA and Librera (collectively, the
“Defendants”) comprised a variety of race and age discrimination claims,
including a retaliation claim, brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, and New
York state law. Williams’s grievances were based on Librera’s recommendation
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of a white man eleven years younger than Williams for promotion to a certain
director position within the NYCTA.
For substantially the reasons stated by the court below, we find no error in
the granting of Defendants’ motion and dismissal of Williams’s complaint. We
therefore AFFIRM the judgment of the District Court.
FOR THE COURT:
Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk
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