Verdi v. City of New York et al
Plaintiff: Manuele Verdi
Defendant: City of New York, New York City Department Of Education, Carmen Farina, Elizabeth Rose, Melodie Mashel and Steven Schwartz
Case Number: 1:2017cv01755
Filed: March 9, 2017
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
Presiding Judge: Valerie E. Caproni
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: None

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January 22, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 39 OPINION AND ORDER: re: 28 MOTION to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint with Prejudice. filed by Steven Schwartz, Elizabeth Rose, Melodie Mashel, New York City Department Of Education, Carmen Farina. For the reasons stated abov e, Defendants' motion to dismiss is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiff's § 1983 and negligence claims are dismissed in their entirety with prejudice. Two of Plaintiff's NYCHRL claims survive: the allegations regarding Mashel's efforts to discipline and dismiss Plaintiff survive only as to Mashel and DOE, while the allegations regarding Schwartz's alterations to Plaintiff's duties and resources survive only as to Schwartz and DOE. The remaining N YCHRL claims are dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiff's Section 75- b claim regarding Schwartz's conduct survives, but only as against Defendant DOE; the remaining Section 75-b claims are dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiff's Title VI claim is dismissed without prejudice; he may replead the claim, but only with respect to Mashel's and Schwartz's retaliation as described above, and naming only DOE as a Defendant. As a result, Defendants Faria and Rose are dismissed from the action entirely.21 Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint (SAC) must be filed no later than February 8, 2018. The FAC's 65 pages contained excessive and duplicative allegations; Plaintiff should significantly prune and revise his a llegations in drafting the SAC. The Court orders Plaintiff to organize the SAC chronologically and logically, to remove extraneous and redundant factual allegations, to number the paragraphs sequentially, and to state each of the four remaining cl aims in four separate, individually numbered counts (one for Title VI, two for NYCHRL, and one for § 75-b). The parties are ordered to appear for a pretrial conference on February 16, 2018. The Clerk of Court is instructed to terminate Docket Entry 28. (Signed by Judge Valerie E. Caproni on 1/22/2018) (js)
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Plaintiff: Manuele Verdi
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Defendant: City of New York
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Defendant: New York City Department Of Education
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Defendant: Carmen Farina
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Defendant: Elizabeth Rose
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Defendant: Melodie Mashel
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Defendant: Steven Schwartz
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