United States Second Circuit
Abrams v. Dept. of Pub. Safety, 13-111-cv
In this suit brought by plaintiff police officer alleging race discrimination and retaliation, order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants is: 1) affirmed in part as to the Title VII retaliation claim, where plaintiff has alleged nothing beyond temporal proximity to establish pretext for the supposed retaliatory transfer; and 2) vacated in part and remanded for further proceedings as to the Title VII race discrimination claim, where certain statements about plaintiff's ability to "fit in" raise a genuine dispute as to whether the proffered reasons for his non-assignment to the Major Crimes division was pre-textual.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/26/2014
- Published 08/26/2014
Judges
- Wesley
Court
- United States Second Circuit