Jackson v. Foley

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOHNSON, District Judge:

INTRODUCTION

Before this Court is a motion for class certification pursuant to Rule 23(a) and (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This is a class action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs Gloria Jackson, Sandra Gonzalez, and Daisy Rangel, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others, allege that Cornelius J. Foley, in his capacity as President of the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (“HESC”), and HESC [hereinafter “State Defendants”] along with Richard Riley, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United…