Legal Opinion
Evans v. New York Botantical Garden
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 25, 2003No. 02 Civ. 359(RWS)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
Defendant the New York Botanical Garden (the “Garden”) has moved pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 56.1 to dismiss the complaint of plaintiff Paul Evans (“Evans”), who alleges that he was fired as a result of racial discrimination and his filing of a complaint with the New York State Division of Human Rights. Evans has also moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a) to amend his complaint to include a claim that the Garden’s actions were in contravention of 42 U.S.C. § 1981.
For the following reasons, Evans’s motion to amend his…
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