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| Zemsky v. City of New York
HARRY N. ZEMSKY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,v.THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, VICTOR VILAREAL, ALAN J. IRGANG, JOHN SISTI, ROBERT J. LEVENTHAL, PETER ROSENBERG, XAVIER FRANCIS RUGGIERO, LOFTUS NOVELTY AND MAGIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DOE ONE, DOE TWO, DEFENDANT-APPELLEES
Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Henry Bramwell, Judge) staying certain of plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 pending the disposition of related state court proceedings and dismissing the remainder of plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 and state tort law. Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
Harry Zemsky appeals pro se from Judge Bramwell's order staying certain of his federal claims pending the disposition of related stated court proceedings and dismissing the remainder of his federal and state claims. We reverse the stay of certain of his federal civil rights claims against the City of New York, the Board of Education of the City of New York, and five school officials*fn1 (collectively referred to as "the municipal defendants"). We affirm the dismissal of his remaining claims.
Zemsky is a social studies teacher employed by the Board of Education at the Franklin D. Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn. He claims to have suffered personal injuries as a result of six assaults on him by students at the school between June 1982 and November 1985.*fn2 His complaint*fn3 alleges, inter alia, that the municipal defendants refused to discipline the students involved in the assaults, failed to provide adequate security at the school, conspired to conceal evidence relevant to the assaults, defamed and harassed him, and interfered with his performance as a teacher. The complaint contends that these actions violated Zemsky's rights under the United States Constitution and various federal civil rights statutes. Zemsky also asserts federal civil rights claims against a former student who allegedly participated in two of the assaults and state product liability claims against the manufacturer of "disappearing ink" that allegedly was squirted into his eyes during one of the assaults.
A plaintiff states a viable cause of action under Section 1981 or 1982 only by alleging a deprivation of his rights on account of his race, ancestry, or ethnic characteristics. Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji, 481 U.S. 604, 55 U.S.L.W. 4626, 4629, 95 L. Ed. 2d 582, 107 S. Ct. 2022 (U.S. May 18, 1987)(§ 1981); Shaare Tefila Congregation v. Cobb, 481 U.S. 615, 55 U.S.L.W. 4629, 4630, 95 L. Ed. 2d 594, 107 S. Ct. 2019 (U.S. May 18, 1987)(§ 1982); Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160, 167-68, 49 L. Ed. 2d 415, 96 S. Ct. 2586 (1976)(§ 1981); Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409, 413, 20 L. Ed. 2d 1189, 88 S. Ct. 2186 (1968)(§ 1982); Keating v. Carey, 706 F.2d 377, 383-84 (2d Cir. 1983)(§ 1981); Glover v. Tower, 700 F.2d 556, 558 (9th Cir. 1983)(§§ 1981, 1982), aff'd on other grounds, 467 U.S. 914, 104 S. Ct. 2820, 81 L. Ed. 2d 758 (1984); Landrigan v. City of Warwick, 628 F.2d 736, 739 n.1 (1st Cir. 1980)(§ 1981); DeFrank v. Pawlosky, 480 F. Supp. 115, 118 & n.9 (W.D. Pa. 1979)(§§ 1981, 1982), aff'd mem., 633 F.2d 209 (3d Cir. 1980). A plaintiff states a viable cause of action under Section 1985*fn4 or 1986 only be alleging a deprivation of his rights on account of his membership in a particular class of individuals. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners v. Scott, 463 U.S. 825, 834-35, 77 L. Ed. 2d 1049, 103 S. Ct. 3352 (1983)(§ 1985(3)); Lowe v. Letsinger, 772 F.2d 308, 311 (7th Cir. 1985)(§ 1985(2), (3)); Glover, 700 F.2d at 558 (§ 1985(3)); Kaylor v. Fields, 661 F.2d 1177, 1184 (8th Cir. 1981)(§§ 1985(3), 1986); Landrigan, 628 F.2d at 739 n.1 (§§ 1985(3), 1986); DeFrank, 480 F. Supp. at 118 & n.9 (§§ 1985(3), 1986).
Because Zemsky did not allege that he was deprived of his rights as a result of any racial, ethnic, or class-based animus on the part of the defendants, the district court did not err in dismissing ...