Case Name: Barbara J. FINNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-10-07
Citations: 110 F. App'x 194
Docket Number: No. 04-0229
Parties: Barbara J. FINNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 110
Pages: 194–194

Head Matter:
Barbara J. FINNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 04-0229.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Oct. 7, 2004.
Lee Nuwersa, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Terri M. Solomon, Littler Mendelson, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Jennifer L. Gill-man), for Defendant-Appellee, of counsel.
Present: NEWMAN, McLAUGHLIN, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Familiarity by the parties is assumed as to the facts, the procedural context, and the specification of appellate issues. After undertaking de novo review of the district court's grant of summary judgment for Planned Parenthood of New York City, we now affirm.
Having reviewed the record and considered the arguments of the parties, we conclude that summary judgment was properly granted for the reasons stated by the district court. We note, however, that, contrary to the district court's view, the fact that the plaintiff was replaced by an employee within the protected age group satisfies one criterion of aprima, facie case of age discrimination, where, as here, the "replacement is substantially younger than the plaintiff." O'Connor v. Consol. Coin Caterers Corp., 517 U.S. 308, 313, 116 S.Ct. 1307, 134 L.Ed.2d 433 (1996). Nevertheless, we find the district court appropriately granted summary judgment in this case.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.