08-2829-cv

Nuraldin v. Colucci

1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

2 FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

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4 SUMMARY ORDER

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7 RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER

8 FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE

9 PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT

10 FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE

11 (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF

12 IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.

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15 At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,

16 held at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in

17 the City of New York, on the 22 day of April, two thousand ten. nd

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19 PRESENT:

20 AMALYA L. KEARSE,

21 ROBERT D. SACK,

22 DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, 

23 Circuit Judges. 

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26 Yusuf J. Nuraldin, Founder and President of “KALEIDOSCOPE” 

27 (“Zebra Team”) on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated 

28 Zebra Team member(s)/Associates (1st Amendment Association Rights, 

29 with) Anthony Farella Sr., Police Officer & part-time centro employee; 

30 Mrs. Felicia A. Townsend,

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32 Plaintiff-Appellant, 

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34 v. 08-2829-cv

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36 Robert Colucci Jr., Chairman, Board of Directors, CENTRO, Brian M. Schult, Vice 

37 Chairman, Board of Directors, CENTRO, Warren Frank, Former CEO, CENTRO, Joe 

38 Calabrese, Former CEO, CENTRO, Frank Kobliski, Former CEO, CENTRO, John 

39 Renock, Senior VP of Operations, CENTRO, Joe Degray, VP of Operations, CENTRO, 

40 Steve Share, VP of Finance, CENTRO, Richard Lee, VP of Human Resources, 

41 CENTRO, Gary Nordheim, Employee Relations Manager, CENTRO, Jackie Musengo, 

42 Benefits Manager, CENTRO, Audrey Tucker, Light Duty Coordinator, CENTRO, Leo 

43 Williams, Loead Outside Supervisor, CENTRO, Dave Mix, Supervisor, CENTRO, 

44 Duke Bailey, Supervisor, CENTRO, Angela Gholston, Supervisor, CENTRO, Darryl 

45 Vanderpool, Outside Supervisor, CENTRO, Elizabeth Unislawski, Personal Secretary of 

46 Senior VP John Renock, CENTRO, Patty Dishaw, Manager Service Development, 
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1 CENTRO, Joe Sperato, Dispatch Supervisor, CENTRO, Craig Williams, Former Dir. 

2 of Human Resources, CENTRO, Tom Shallcross, Former Manager of all CENTRO

3 supervisors, Mike Jablinski, Former Employee Relations Manager, CENTRO, Carl 

4 Baker, Former Employee Relations Manager, CENTRO, Scott Vanderpool, Former 

5 Manager Supervisor, CENTRO, Waverly Faison, Security, CENTRO, Shawn 

6 McManus, Bus Operator, CENTRO, Robert C. Sprague Jr., Former Chief Admin. 

7 Officer, CENTRO, Kathy Fuller, Supervisor of Regional Transportation Center, 

8 CENTRO, Warren Woodruff, Manager RTC, CENTRO, Angelic Mason, Supervisor, 

9 CENTRO, Dave Kriesal, Former Supervisor, CENTRO, Lon Large, Dispatch 

10 Supervisor, CENTRO, Ed Muellar, Former Union VP, Frank Miller, Ferrara, Fiorenza, 

11 Larrison, Barrett & Reitz, P.C., CENTRO`s Law Firm, Craig M. Atlas, Ferrara, Fiorenza, 

12 Larrison, Barrett & Reitz, P.C., CENTRO`s Law Firm, Ferrara, Fiorenza, Larrison, 

13 Barrett & Reitz, P., CENTRO`s Law Firm, Miles Lawlor, Ferrara, Fiorenza, Larrison, 

14 Barrett & Reitz, P.C., CENTRO`s Law Firm, Amalgamated Tranit Union, International 

15 and/or Local 580 , Warren George, International Union President, Joseph Welch, 

16 International VP, Chuck Watson, Business Agent, Secretary Treasurer, John Campbell, 

17 Former Union Pres., Dorothy Hunter, Former Union VP, Pres., Mary Neguent, Former 

18 Union Sec., Al Parker, Former Union VP, Bill Montroy, Union Rep., Homer Davis, 

19 Former Trial Committee Investigator, Bonnie Krell, Union Member, Bob Fairchild, 

20 Union Member, Mike Conway, Union Member, Mary Jane Tortorici, Former Union 

21 Board Member, Perry Tarquino, Retired Member, Elliott Rouse, Retired Union 

22 Member, Carlton Derby, Union Member, Tyrone Burke, Former CENTRO Supervisor, 

23 now Union, Scott Hamilton, Union Board Member, Kenneth Orr, Former Union Trial 

24 Committee, Dana McMahon, Union Trial Committee, Bill Miner, Union Trial 

25 Committee, Jeff Keller, Union Trial Committee, Frank Chapman, VP, John Ziemba, 

26 former Union Board Member, Stephanie A. Miner, Blitman & King, Union Local 580`s 

27 Lawyers, N.Y. State Workers Compensation Board, Karl A. Henry, NY State Workers 

28 Compensation Board, Scott C. Firestone, NY State Workers Compensation Board, Carol 

29 G. McManus, NY State Workers Compensation Board, Judge Boher, WCB State 

30 Employee, Vanessa E. Jackson, Court Stenographer, Michele Zajac, WCB Admin, 

31 Michael J. O`Brien, WCB Attorney, Attorney Woods, CENTRO`s WCB Lawyer, 

32 Attorney Richmond, CENTRO`s WCB Lawyer, PERMA, CENTRO`s WCB Insurance 

33 Carrier, Jane Mokay, Agent PERMA, RMSCO, CENTRO`S Disability No-Fault 

34 Insurance Carrier, Jane Miles, Agent RMSCO, N.Y. State Unemploytment Insurance 

35 Board, Jane Doe-Chairperson NYS, Unemployment Insurance Board, Chairperson NY 

36 State Unemployment Insurance Board, John Doe-Intake Specialist NYS Unempoyment 

37 Insura, Don Livingston, Case Manager Specialist, NY State Unemployment Insurance 

38 Board, Zurich American Insurance Company, John Doe- Chairperson NYS 

39 Unemplyment Insurance, Chairperson, NY State Unemployment Insurance Board, Jane 

40 Doe- RMSCO, CEO, RMSCO, John Doe- RMSCO, CEO, RMSCO, Jane Doe41 PERMA, CEO, PERMA, John Doe- PERMA, CEO, PERMA, Jane Doe- Zurich 

42 American Insurance Company, CEO, John Doe- Zurich American Insurance Company, 

43 CEO, Adolfo S. Hernandez, Claims Examiner, Central New York Transportation 

44 Authority, CENTRO Board of Directors, H.J. Hubert, Treasurer, G. Joseph Chalifoux, 

45 Member, Nicholas F. Laino, Member, Vincent A. O`Neil, Member, Darlene D. 

46 Lattimore, Secretary, Deraux L. Branch, Member, Mary Davis, Advisor, State of New 

47 York Unified Court System, Onondaga Supreme Court, Onondaga County Court, Mary 
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1 Thomason, Deborah Stoltz, Mary Lou Crowley, William R. Roy, Honorable Justice, 

2 Matthew E. Bergerton, Attorney, Satter & Andrews, LLP, Ellie Ruston, Former Outside 

3 Supervisor, 

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5 Defendants-Appellees.

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8 FOR APPELLANT: Yusuf J. Nuraldin, pro se, Liverpool, New York.

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10 FOR APPELLEES: Miles G. Lawlor; Ferrara, Fiorenza, Larrison, Barrett & Reitz;

11 East Syracuse, New York, for Defendants-Appellees

12 Frank Kobliski, John Renock, Joseph DeGray, Steven Share,

13 and Richard Lee.

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15 Appeal from the May 22, 2008 post-judgment order of the United States District

16 Court for the Northern District of New York (Hurd, J.).

17 UPON DUE CONSIDERATION IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED,

18 AND DECREED that the order of the district court be AFFIRMED.

19 Appellant Yusuf J. Nuraldin, pro se, appeals from the district court’s May 22, 2008

20 post-judgment order denying his motion “to amend or make additional findings” and “for

21 reconsideration of judgment and modification or clarification of” the district court’s

22 February 15, 2008 order dismissing his civil rights complaint. We assume the parties’

23 familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history of the case, and issues on appeal. 

24 Upon due consideration of the district court record and the parties’ submissions, we find no

25 abuse of discretion in the district court’s decision. See Sequa Corp. v. GBJ Corp., 156 F.3d

26 136, 143 (2d Cir. 1998); Transaero, Inc. v. La Fuerza Aerea Boliviana, 162 F.3d 724, 729

27 (2d Cir. 1998).

28 For the foregoing reasons, the order of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.

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30 FOR THE COURT:

31 Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk

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