United States Second Circuit

In a wrongful termination action, dismissal of plaintiff's claim, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1981, is affirmed where that statute applies only to persons acting under color of state, not federal, law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/02/2005
• Published 02/02/2005

Judges

• RAGGI, Circuit Judge., Before:  KEARSE, STRAUB and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Allen Dotson, pro se, Bronx, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Douglas F. Broder (Mark W. Bennett, of counsel), Nixon Peabody LLP, New York, New York, as amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric B. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (Gideon A. Schor and Jeffrey Oestericher, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief) for James B. Comey, United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.