Lewis v. PSCH, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Lewis v. PSCH, Inc.

126 A.D.3d 676, 2 N.Y.S.3d 372

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedMarch 4, 2015

Docket2013-04817

StatusPublished

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Lewis v. PSCH, Inc., 126 A.D.3d 676, 2 N.Y.S.3d 372 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2015).

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*677 In an action to recover damages pursuant to 42 USC § 1983 for the deprivation of federal constitutional rights under color of state law, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Solomon, J.), dated March 14, 2013, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff commenced this action pursuant to 42 USC § 1983 against the defendant, a private, not-for-profit corporation, alleging that the defendant’s termination of the plaintiffs employment violated the plaintiffs rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and established, prima facie, that it was not acting under color of state law when it terminated the plaintiffs employment (see 42 USC § 1983; Brentwood Academy v Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn., 531 US 288, 295 [2001]; United States v Price, 383 US 787, 794 n 7 [1966]; Under 21, Catholic Home Bur. for Dependent Children v City of New York, 65 NY2d 344, 361 [1985]). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Eng, P.J., Austin, Cohen and Barros, JJ., concur.

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*677 In an action to recover damages pursuant to 42 USC § 1983 for the deprivation of federal constitutional rights under color of state law, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Solomon, J.), dated March 14, 2013, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff commenced this action pursuant to 42 USC § 1983 against the defendant, a private, not-for-profit corporation, alleging that the defendant’s termination of the plaintiffs employment violated the plaintiffs rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and established, prima facie, that it was not acting under color of state law when it terminated the plaintiffs employment (see 42 USC § 1983; Brentwood Academy v Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn., 531 US 288, 295 [2001]; United States v Price, 383 US 787, 794 n 7 [1966]; Under 21, Catholic Home Bur. for Dependent Children v City of New York, 65 NY2d 344, 361 [1985]). In opposition, the plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Eng, P.J., Austin, Cohen and Barros, JJ., concur.

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