Collazo v. The County of Suffolk, New York et al
Plaintiff: Maria Collazo
Defendant: The County of Suffolk, New York and The Suffolk County Department of Social Services
Case Number: 2:2012cv02196
Filed: May 3, 2012
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Office: Central Islip Office
Presiding Judge: E. Thomas Boyle
Presiding Judge: Joanna Seybert
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1983 Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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February 17, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 49 MEMORANDUM & ORDER granting in part and denying in part 45 Motion for Summary Judgment; For the forgoing reasons, Defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. Summary judgment on Plaintiff's Title VII d iscrimination claim is DENIED with respect to Plaintiff's claim that being stripped of her responsibilities, isolated from her co-workers, and having information withheld constituted adverse actions that took place under circumstances giving ris e to an inference of discrimination. The Court GRANTS summary judgment on Plaintiff's Title VII discrimination claim with respect to Plaintiff's alleged adverse employment actions of being prohibited from speaking Spanish, assigned a dispro portionate amount of work, involuntarily transferred, suspended without pay, and constructively discharged. Summary judgment on Plaintiff's Title VII retaliation claim is DENIED with respect to Plaintiff's claim that Defendants retaliated against her by withholding documents, stripping her of her responsibilities, acting hostile, assigning her an isolated cubicle, depriving her of a multiline phone, providing her with a malfunctioning badge, and failing to assign her work at the Smit htown Center. The Court GRANTS summary judgment on Plaintiff's Title VII retaliation claim with respect to Plaintiff's claim that Defendants retaliated against her by issuing a negative performance evaluation, filing the Misconduct Charges and suspending her without pay, reporting her receipt of HEAP benefits, and threatening to forward the Misconduct Charges to the District Attorney if she did not resign. The Court DENIES summary judgment on Plaintiff's Section 1983 claim again st D'Ambrosio. The Court DENIES summary judgment on Plaintiff's Section 1983 claim against the County regarding the County's deliberate indifferent to Plaintiff's complaint to Commissioner Blass and GRANTS summary judgment on Plaintiff's Section 1983 claim of the County's deliberate indifference to her complaint to Knappe. So Ordered by Judge Joanna Seybert on 2/17/2016. C/ECF (Valle, Christine)
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Defendant: The County of Suffolk, New York
Represented By: Rudolph Max Baptiste
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Defendant: The Suffolk County Department of Social Services
Represented By: Rudolph Max Baptiste
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