Case Name: Zdzislaw B. KWIATKOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-11-19
Citations: 112 F. App'x 797
Docket Number: Docket No. 03-7877
Parties: Zdzislaw B. KWIATKOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Present: NEWMAN, MCLAUGHLIN, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 112
Pages: 797–798

Head Matter:
Zdzislaw B. KWIATKOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., Defendant-Appellee.
Docket No. 03-7877.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Nov. 19, 2004.
Zdzislaw B. Kwiatkowski, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant, pro se.
Lisa Swanson, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.
Present: NEWMAN, MCLAUGHLIN, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiff-Appellant Zdzislaw Kwiatkowski appeals from a summary judgment order of the district court dismissing all of his claims. We assume the parties' famil iarity with the underlying facts, procedural history and specification of appellate issues and hold as follows.
This court reviews the district court's decision to grant summary judgment de novo. James v. N.Y. Racing Ass'n, 233 F.3d 149, 152 (2d Cir.2000). In making our determination we must resolve all ambiguities and draw all permissible factual inferences in favor of the non-moving party. See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986).
Kwiatkowski claims that his employer discriminated against him based on age and national origin by not hiring him for several permanent job positions and terminating his services as a temporary employee because he was over forty years of age and born in Poland. This court's review of both of Kwiatkowski's discrimination claims follows the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework. See McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 802, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973); James, 233 F.3d at 153-54 (applying McDonnell Douglas to age discrimination claim). Upon reviewing the record, we agree with the district court that Kwiatkowski would not prevail under McDonnell Douglas even if he established a prima facie case of discrimination. The employer satisfactorily presented a nondiscriminatory reason for its employment action and Kwiatkowski did not subsequently carry his burden of presenting evidence from which the fact finder could reasonably find that the employer's reasons were a pretext for discrimination. See Texas Dep't of Cmty. Affairs v. Burdine, 450 U.S. 248, 253, 101 S.Ct. 1089, 67 L.Ed.2d 207 (1981); Patterson v. County of Oneida, 375 F.3d 206, 221 (2d Cir.2004). Thus, summary judgment dismissing these claims was appropriate.
Upon reviewing the record, we affirm the district court's decision not to consider Kwiatkowski's equal protection claim because of lack of timeliness and merit. See Booking v. Gen. Star Mgmt. Co., 254 F.3d 414, 418 (2d Cir.2001). The district court's dismissal of Kwiatkowski's claim for additional discovery under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f) was proper.
We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.