MELZER v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CITY SCHOOL DIST.

No. 93 CV 5942(FB).

196 F.Supp.2d 229 (2002)

Peter MELZER, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Carol A. Gresser, Irene Impellizzeri, Victor Gotbaum, Michael J. Petrides, Luis O. Reyes, Ninfa Segarra, Dennis M. Walcott, individually and in their official capacities as members of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, Ramon Cortines, individually and as Chancellor of the City School District of the City of New York, Joseph DeJesus, individually and as Superintendent of the Bronx High Schools, Hollis Needleman, individually and as Assistant Superintendent of the Bronx High Schools, Edward Stancik, individually and as Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District, Sean Courtney and The City of New York, Defendants.

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

February 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene B. Nathanson, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York by Jonathan L. Pines, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

BLOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Peter Melzer ("Melzer"), seeks reinstatement to his tenured teaching position at the Bronx High School of Science ("BHSS") claiming, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that he was discharged by the defendant Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York ("BOE") in retaliation for the exercise of his First Amendment rights as a member of the North American Man-Boy Love Association...

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