Vega v. Hempstead Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 14-2265 (2d Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff, a high school math teacher, filed suit against the District, alleging claims of discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. 1983 against two principals. Plaintiff alleged that defendants discriminated against him because of his Hispanic ethnicity and that they retaliated against him after he complained of discrimination. The district court granted defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings. The court held, however, that certain of plaintiff's claims were not time-barred, as the district court had concluded; retaliation claims are actionable under section 1983; a Title VII plaintiff need not plead a prima facie case of discrimination to survive a motion to dismiss; and, in this case, plaintiff has sufficiently pleaded discrimination and retaliation claims. Accordingly, the court vacated and remanded for further proceedings.
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