Rabel v. American Building Maintenance

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Rabel v. American Building Maintenance, 81 F. App'x 383 (2d Cir. 2003)

Rabel v. American Building Maintenance

Opinion of the Court

SUMMARY ORDER

Plaintiff-appellant Irving Carlo Rabel appeals pro se from the March 12, 2002 judgment of the district court granting defendant-appellee American Building Maintenance’s (“ABM”) motion for summary judgment on Rabel’s 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. and 29 U.S.C. § 621 claims for discrimination on the basis of race and age and on Rabel’s 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a) and 29 U.S.C. § 628(d) claims for retaliation. The district court concluded that Rabel had failed to demonstrate that he was subject to a hostile work environment on the basis of his age or race and that he had not established a prima facie case of retaliation because there was no evidence of a causal link between his EEOC complaints and the alleged adverse employment actions against him. On appeal, Rabel argues that he has raised genuine issues of material fact as to whether he was subject to a hostile work environment and whether ABM retaliated against him for filing EEOC complaints.

We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, construing the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party and drawing all reasonable inferences in its favor. Mount Vernon Fire Ins. Co. v. Belize NY, Inc., 277 F.3d 232, 235 (2d Cir. 2002).

Having reviewed the record, we affirm for substantially the reasons reached by the court below.

Reference

Full Case Name
Irving Carlo RABEL v. AMERICAN BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Status
Published