U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2009

Shahid v. The City of New York

Shahid v. The City of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Decided December 17, 2009 · Leval, Hall, Livingston
357 F. App'x 329

Shahid v. The City of New York

Opinion

SUMMARY ORDER

Plaintiff-Appellant Abdus Shahid, pro se, appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Crotty, J.), granting summary judgment to Appellee on Appellant’s discrimination claims. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts and procedural history.

We review orders granting summary judgment de novo and focus on whether the district court properly concluded that there was no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party was entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P., 321 F.3d 292, 300 (2d Cir. 2003). Having conducted an independent and de novo review, we conclude, for substantially the same reasons stated by the district court, that Appellant did not demonstrate that Appellee’s non-discriminatory, legitimate business *330 reasons for the alleged discriminatory employment actions were a pretext for discrimination. See Tex. Dep’t of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine, 450 U.S. 248, 254-55, 101 S.Ct. 1089, 67 L.Ed.2d 207 (1981); McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802-04, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973); see also Fisher v. Vassar Coll, 70 F.3d 1420 (2d Cir. 1995).

We have considered Appellant’s remaining claims and find them to be without merit. For the reasons stated above, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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