Case Name: Evelyn GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-09
Citations: 369 F. App'x 173
Docket Number: No. 08-2351-cv
Parties: Evelyn GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: PRESENT: GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and DENNY CHIN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 369
Pages: 173–174

Head Matter:
Evelyn GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 08-2351-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
March 9, 2010.
Evelyn Gonzalez, Croton-on-Hudson, pro se.
Rhonda J. Moll, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, for Appellees.
PRESENT: GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and DENNY CHIN, District Judge.
The Honorable Denny Chin, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.
The Honorable Rosemary S. Pooler, originally a member of this panel, did not participate in the consideration of this appeal. The two remaining members of the panel, who are in agreement, have determined the matter. See 28 U.S.C. § 46(d); 2d Cir. I.O.P. E; United States v. Desimone, 140 F.3d 457 (2d Cir.1998).

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiff-Appellant Evelyn Gonzalez appeals from a decision of the district court granting summary judgment to Defendants dismissing Gonzalez's complaint. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts of the case, procedural history, and issues on appeal.
We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, and ask whether the district court properly concluded that there were no genuine issues of material fact and that the moving party was entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P., 321 F.3d 292, 300 (2d Cir.2003). In determining whether there are genuine issues of material fact, we resolve any ambiguities and draw all permissible factual inferences in favor of the party against whom summary judgment is sought. Terry v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 128, 137 (2d Cir.2003). Despite this deference, a party against whom summary judgment is sought cannot defeat a motion for summary judgment merely through conclusory statements or allegations. See Davis v. State of New York, 316 F.3d 93, 100 (2d Cir.2002).
Our review of the record confirms that the district court properly granted Defendants' motion for summary judgment, and we affirm for substantially the same reasons set out in the court's thorough and well-reasoned opinion of March 31, 2008. We have considered all of Gonzalez's remaining arguments and find them to be without merit.
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.