Prestopnik v. Whelan

SUMMARY ORDER

Plaintiff-Appellant Jan Prestopnik (“Appellant”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Hurd, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees on the ground that, as a matter of law, Defendants-Appellees did not violate Appellant’s right to equal protection in refusing to grant her tenure. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts and procedural history of the case.

We note first that neither res judicata nor collateral estoppel bars Appellant from litigating her equal protection claims in this…