Legal Opinion
Burns v. City of Utica
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided February 20, 2014No. 6:12-CV-1741 (FJS/DEP)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
SCULLIN, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Currently before the Court are Defendant Michael Knapp’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, see Dkt. No. 9-2, and Defendants City of Utica, Armond Festine and Linda Fatata’s (collectively “Municipal Defendants”) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, see Dkt. No. 12-5.
II. BACKGROUND
Since June 3, 2002, the City of Utica has employed Plaintiff Julianne Bums (hereinafter “Plaintiff’) as a firefighter. See Dkt. No. 14, Amendment Complaint, at ¶ 10. Defendant…
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