UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, -against- NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant. JOHN FLANAGAN, Plaintiff, -against- NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants. LISA-ERIKA JAMES, et ano., Plaintiffs, -against- NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants. ANTHONY RICCARDO, Plaintiffs, -against- NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants.
16-cv-4291 (LAK); 13-cv-8456 (LAK); 16-cv-4844 (LAK); 16-cv-4891 (LAK)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
September 18, 2018
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge
USDCSDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 9-18-18
This matter is before the Court on the defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger has rendered a report and recommendation, dated August 7, 2018 (the “R&R“), which recommends that the motion be granted in part and denied in part. Defendants object to so much of the R&R as recommends denial of the motion insofar as it seeks summary judgment dismissing (1) plaintiff Hightower‘s
The Court has considered the objections as well as the government‘s response to them with care. It finds no error of fact or of law in the R&R‘s treatment of the claims placed in issue by defendants’ objections.
Accordingly, defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment [DI 66, docket no. 16-cv-4291 (LAK)] is granted to the extent that (1) the retaliation claims of plaintiffs James and Hightower; (2) all aiding and abetting claims; and (3) plaintiff Riccardo‘s
SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 18, 2018
Lewis A. Kaplan
United States District Judge