Knighton v. City of Syracuse Fire Department

SUMMARY ORDER

SCULLIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Willis Knighton asserts the following claims against the City of Syracuse Fire Department and James L. Cummings, the former Chief of the Fire Department: (1) violation of Plaintiffs Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 1 (2) discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq; and (3) state law claims for violation of Article 1, Sections 8 and 11 of the New York State Constitution. 2

Presently before the Court…