27 results for 'judge:"Suddaby"'.
J. Suddaby enters judgment against a Kingston, New York, resident on his remaining false arrest and false imprisonment claims stemming from a physical altercation with his daughter’s boyfriend and dismisses the case. The court finds the remaining defendant, a SWAT team member with the local police force, had probable cause to arrest the resident based on conflicting testimony regarding the accidental discharge of a rifle during the scuffle and is also entitled to qualified immunity.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv104, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Immunity, Police Misconduct
J. Suddaby rules on a motion for summary judgment and preserves a claim for discrimination based on disparate pay, plus two claims for retaliation against a Cornell University nonprofit. The litigant, a female safety officer, sufficiently alleges her employer paid herself and other women less than their male counterparts. She also adequately alleges the employer demoted her and delayed in paying her accrued leave payments, thus causing her to suffer a loss in Social Security benefits, because she filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv446, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Suddaby preserves two claims for retaliation and sexual harassment against New York State’s Unified Court System that alleges a family court judge for Broome County sexually harassed two of his personal aides, but limits the claims to misconduct that occurred after the aides’ became official employees of the department following the judge’s reassignment. The court further preserves a single claim for equal protection against the family court judge, finding he is not entitled to qualified immunity in his individual capacity and his behavior could be viewed by a jury as creating a hostile work environment.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: March 7, 2024, Case #: 3:18cv1476, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Immunity, Equal Protection, Employment Discrimination
Want access to unlimited case records and advanced research tools? Create your free CasePortal account now. No credit card required to register.
Try CasePortal for Free
J. Suddaby enters judgment in favor of a Syracuse police officer on a citizen’s claims for excessive force and failure to intervene, dismissing the entire complaint. He alleges the officer used unreasonable force to restrain him on suspicions that he inserted contraband into his rectum while being detained in a holding cell. He also alleges he was restrained both physically and medically at a local hospital and was forced to undergo a sigmoidoscopy in an effort to retrieve the contraband. Video surveillance shows the officer had not used unreasonable force during these events. The officer also successfully alleges that he was not involved in the hospital’s decision to sedate him or the order to perform the medical procedure.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 5:20cv1215, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Tort, Negligence, Police Misconduct
J. Suddaby dismisses a civil rights complaint that alleges two teacher’s unions deducted union dues from a former member’s wages without her consent and in violation of her First Amendment and due process rights. The court finds the former member’s membership agreement authorized the union to continue deducting dues from her wages for one year after her resignation unless expressly revoked, and she failed to allege that she was coerced into signing the agreement.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: February 27, 2024, Case #: 5:22cv261, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: First Amendment, Labor / Unions
J. Suddaby affirms a magistrate judge’s decision not to recuse himself in a citizen’s civil rights case with claims stemming from a traffic stop and further approves the judge’s report and recommendation trimming the 10-count complaint down to a single claim for excessive force against a village police officer. The court finds the litigant’s objections against the magistrate judge’s conclusions as mostly frivolous.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: February 15, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv364, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights
J. Suddaby rules in favor of a healthcare provider and dismisses a 66-year-old’s age discrimination complaint that claims it denied his application for a position as a sleep physician on the basis of his age. One of those involved inadvertently sent him an email which allegedly suggested the company was actively refusing to hire older applicants. The applicant suffered no injury because he voluntarily withdrew from consideration after being scheduled an in-person interview. As well, he fails to show that anyone involved in the decision to hire him harbored discriminatory animus after the company removed the email’s sender from the hiring process once they learned what she had said in the email.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: February 1, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv178, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Suddaby finds a group of tenants living in federally subsidized housing likely to win on their claims for Second Amendment violations, and issues a preliminary injunction prohibiting the regional housing authority from enforcing a clause in its lease agreements barring tenants from using, possessing or displaying firearms in their homes. The court finds the alleged constitutional violations constitute irreparable harm which justifies court intervention and further agrees with the tenants’ arguments that the housing authority fails to show its firearms ban is part of a historical tradition of firearms regulation.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: January 30, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv1540, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Housing, Firearms
J. Suddaby declines to hold New York’s corrections and community supervision department in contempt of the court’s prior preliminary injunction. The litigant in the case, a disabled persons advocacy group, argued the department violated the order when it's special investigations office provided records which had important information regarding two confidential witnesses redacted, including their names and department ID numbers. The court finds the language of the injunction was not sufficiently clear or unambiguous and that the department’s action were a good faith attempt to comply with the order.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: January 17, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv739, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Contempt, Government, Public Record
J. Suddaby preserves the bulk of an employment discrimination and retaliation complaint brought by a Black female director who sued Excellus BlueCross BlueShield on allegations that it treated her unfavorably because of her race and gender and subsequently fired her in retaliation for her complaints regarding the treatment. The court finds she plausibly alleges that her predecessor, a white man, was treated more favorably than her even though certain decisions he made allegedly cost the company millions of dollars. As well, her allegations that she was fired only a month after she expressed complaints she was being treated differently on the basis of her race, such as being excluded from important meetings and email chains, sufficiently buoys her claim for retaliation.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: January 17, 2024, Case #: 5:22cv1050, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment, Employment Retaliation
J. Suddaby rules in favor of New York State’s correctional and community supervision department on claims that it failed to provide timely access to complete and unredacted records regarding two inmates, one of whom died while in custody. The court finds the advocacy group’s claims are moot because the department had already provided the requested documents per the court’s orders, and there is little evidence to suggest the agency will make the same mistakes in the future.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: January 16, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv1487, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Public Record
J. Suddaby enters judgment in favor of New York state’s prison system on equitable relief claims alleging that it failed to properly respond to an inmate advocacy group’s request for documents related to a group of inmates, one of whom died while in prison custody. The 11th Amendment bars the federal judiciary from issuing declaratory relief against state officials for past violations, and in regards to the merits on their claims, the court finds the laws regulating disclosure of inmate documentation, which states document requests must be fulfilled within three days, is geared more towards copy requests made in person upon physical inspection at the respective prison facility, to allow the document custodian to properly review the documents to ensure inmates’ privacy is protected.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: January 2, 2024, Case #: 1:18cv980, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Public Record, Prisoners' Rights
J. Sudday enters judgment in favor of Hamilton College on a student’s Title IX gender discrimination and breach of contract complaint, according to which the the college wrongfully concluded that he sexually assaulted a female student and afterwards expelled him from school. The court finds the student has failed to present any evidence would lead a jury to find the college’s actions showed bias against men or that the college’s process violated school policy.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: December 19, 2023, Case #: 6:21cv436, NOS: Education - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Education, Contract
J. Suddaby grants judgment to a thrift store located in Ithaca, New York, on a self-represented female sales associate’s employment discrimination and retaliation claims, which she brought after she was fired for stealing merchandise. She fails to provide any details to suggest she was discriminated on the basis of her gender or religion or that her employer’s decision to terminate her employment was retaliatory.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: December 19, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv1048, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Suddaby dismisses a subcontractor’s petition to compel arbitration against the project manager who oversaw the construction of a local hospital in Utica, New York. The complaint alleges the manager refused to compensate the subcontractor the uncontemplated costs incurred in erecting the hospital’s facade due to faulty control lines. The contract agreement between the two parties expressly states that any claims that arise in the course of their work are to be litigated in court.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: October 24, 2023, Case #: 6:22cv1318, NOS: Arbitration - Other Suits, Categories: Arbitration, Construction
J. Suddaby finds in favor of an insurer and issues a declaration that it is not obligated to provide coverage for the alleged acts of its insureds' son, who was sued in state court for allegedly sexually assaulting an individual during a party at the insureds' home. The policy expressly excludes coverage for bodily injury as a result of actions that are considered "intentional and criminal acts".
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: September 19, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv1039, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Insurance
J. Suddaby denies each parties' respective motions for summary judgment and preserves an individual's claims challenging various state health regulations on the basis that they violate federal law, arguing they deprive him of his right to choose to live in a transitional adult home because he suffers from a mental disability. The court finds genuine issues of material fact remain related to standing, as well as whether or not the benefits of the state's regulations outweigh any burdens the recipients may experience as a result.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: June 30, 2023, Case #: 1:17cv1005, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities - Other - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Health Care
J. Suddaby preserves an employment-related lawsuit brought by the two female corrections officers against Warren County with claims for sex-based disparate treatment and retaliation. One officer was denied light duty work to accommodate her pregnancy, while the other was not offered permanent employment after she complained that she was being harassed by a coworker because she was pregnant. As to the first officer’s claims, based on admissible testimony, there exists a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether other officers were provided similar accommodations. As to the second, there remains a dispute as to the veracity of the county’s claim that she was fired for failing to conduct a contraband search of an inmate’s cell.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Suddaby, Filed On: June 13, 2023, Case #: 1:19cv1061, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation