Caidor v. Onondaga County
Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiff-Appellant Junet Caidor appeals from the judgment and order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (McCurn, J.) entered on September 21, 2006, granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. In a separate opinion issued today, we reject as waived Caidor’s challenge to an order entered by Magistrate Judge Peebles on September 20, 2004, denying Caidor’s motion to compel discovery and issuing a protective order for the defendants’ benefit.
We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history, and the issues presented for review. Caidor worked at the Onondaga County Department of Emergency Communications (“911 Center”) for four days. Caidor was fired the day after his supervisors learned that he had misrepresented his lack of a criminal record on his employment application. Caidor claims that the defendants terminated him and decertified him from the eligibility list for the job due to race discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. and 42 U.S.C. § 1981.
We review de novo the district court’s judgment. Maguire v. Citicorp Retail Servs, 147 F.3d 232, 235 (2d Cir. 1998) (citation omitted). In doing so, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party and draw all reasonable inferences in its favor. See id. (citing Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986)). Summary judgment is appropriate only where “there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and ... the movant is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c).
Caidor fails to make out a claim under either Title VII or § 1981. Caidor was offered the position at the 911 Center on the express condition that he pass a background investigation. The Onondaga County Employees Handbook, which Caidor received on his first day on the job, provides that falsifying County records— including an employment application — is
For the reasons set forth above, the judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.
. Caidor also brought claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, the ADA, and the New York Human Rights Law. The district court dismissed those claims on other grounds in a ruling from which Caidor does not take an appeal.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Junet CAIDOR v. ONONDAGA COUNTY, Sheryl Karpinski, Shaun McCarthy, John Balloni, Maureen Craner and Teddy Spooner
- Status
- Published