VANN v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 95 Civ. 4348(RWS).

4 F.Supp.2d 327 (1998)

Vincent VANN, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Mark Gumbs, Pass # 348006, in his individual and official capacity, and Clarence Mitchell, Pass # 613062, in his individual and official capacity, and C. Totten, Pass # 9000060, in his individual and official capacity, and Kyle Pipkin, sued herein in error as Kile Pipken, Pass # 704384, in his individual and official capacity, and Scott Benbow, Pass # 058901, in his individual and official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominic E. Ezeudu, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Martin B. Schnabel, Acting General Counsel, New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn, NY (Kenneth Howard Schiffrin, of counsel), for Defendants.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Defendants the New York City Transit Authority (the "Transit Authority"), Mark Gumbs, Clarence Mitchell, C. Totten, Kyle Pipkin and Scott Benbow (collectively, the "Defendants") have moved to dismiss the complaint filed by Vincent Vann ("Vann") pursuant to Rule 56, Fed.R.Civ.P. Vann alleged in his complaint that the Transit Authority terminated his employment due to his exercise of free speech rights guaranteed by the...

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