VEGA v. UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BD. OF TRUSTEES

No. 97 Civ. 5767 DLC.

67 F.Supp.2d 324 (1999)

Edward VEGA, Plaintiff, v. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES; State University of New York Maritime College, Faculty Student Association of SUNY Maritime College, Inc.; Floyd H. Miller; James Desimone; Howard L. English; Carolyn D. Jones; and G. Peter Cooney, Defendants.

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

September 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Tarver, Laura A. Menninger, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for plaintiff.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Martin Bienstock, Assistant Attorney General, New York City, for defendants State University of New York Board of Trustees, State University of New York Maritime College, Floyd H. Miller, James Desimone, Howard L. English, Carolyn D. Jones, and G. Peter Cooney.

Herbert Posner, Harrison, NY, for defendant Faculty Student Association.


COTE, District Judge.

After being fired from a teaching position at the State University of New York ("SUNY"), Edward Vega ("Vega") with the assistance of counsel filed an action in state court for violations of his rights under New York law ("State Action"). Thereafter, Vega filed this action pro se alleging violations of his federal statutory and constitutional rights. The defendants in this action moved to dismiss the federal complaint and that motion was...

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