Legal Opinion
Lewis ex rel. Estate of Lewis v. New York City Transit Authority
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 31, 2014No. 04-cv-2331 (SLT)(MDG)PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TOWNES, District Judge.
Substitute plaintiff Cecil Lewis, (“Mr. Lewis” or “plaintiff’), brings this action as administrator of the estate of former-plaintiff Stephanie Lewis, (“Lewis”), his deceased wife. Plaintiff alleges that the New York City Transit Authority (“the Transit Authority”) discriminated against Lewis, formerly a Transit Authority bus driver, on account of her religion by transferring her to a bus depot and de facto terminating her employment for refusing to remove, cover with a cap, or affix a logo to her khimar, which is a headscarf worn by some Muslim…
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