Free Motion for Summary Judgment - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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I THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT I
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
RICHARD A. MYERS, ETAL. I
Plaintiffs,
I CIVIL ACTION NO.: 3:t}3-CV-Gt}3?3 [RNC]
TOWNSHI? OF TRUMBULL, ETAL.
Defendants. JUNE I5, 2[lt}4
DEFENDANT VJESTFIELD SI—IOPPINGTOii’N TRUMBULUS I
l"riOTION EOR SUMMARY JUDGl‘l»’IEl*~iT
Pursuant to Rule 56(b} ofthe Fcderai Rules of Civil Eroeedure and Local R11 E
II 56(b}, the defendant Westfield Shoppingtotvn Trumbull {improperiy identified as I
Westfield Shoppingtown], hereby moves for the entry of summary judgment in its
favor on ali counts ofthe piaintiif`s' Amended Complaint directed to Westfield
I! Shoppingtovvn Trurnbuii. As is more particuiarly set forth in the memorandtun of law E
tiled in support of this motion, under the undisputed facts set forth in Westfield
Shoppingtown TrumbulE's Rule 56{a} Statement and the Affidavit of Len lvfaenza, A
Westfield Shoppingtovvn is entitled to judgment as a matter of law because: (3} no
representative of Westfieid Sboppingtown Trunthull was present at the time ofthe
incident atieged in the plaintiffs compiaint and there is no basis upon which liability
I may be imposed against Westfieid Shoppingtotvn Truntbutl for the alleged acts ofthe
codefendants; {2} plaintiffs cannot recover damages under 42 U.S.C. §2tI{}I]a because
Westfield Shoppingtovm Trumbull, a privately ovmed mall on private property, is not a I
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place of public accommodation; [3) plaintiffs failed to exhaust any applicable E I
administrative remedies under 42 U.S.C §2t}=U[la prior to commencing this action; [4)
plaintiffs can not satisfy the elements necessary to establish a prima facie ease of § r
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discrimination under 42 U.S.C. §l93l; (5) plaintiffs can not satisfy the elements I
necessary to establish a prima facie case of conspiracy to discriminate under 42 U.S.C. E
§§l9S5 and 1936; and, {6) there are no facts to support plaintiffs' claims that Westtield I
Shoppingtovrn Trumbull is liable to them for false imprisonment. For all of these
II reasons, Westtleld Shoppingtown Trumbull is entitled tojudgment as a matter of law. I
In support of this motion, Westfield Shoppingtown Trumbull tiles the
following: (1} a Rule 56[a) statement of material facts that Westfield Shoppingtown if
Trumbull submits are undisputed; (2} an Aflidavit of Len Maenza, General Manager of
Westtield Shoppingtosvn Trumbull at the time ofthe incident referenced in the
plaintit`fs' Amended Complaint; and, {3] a memorandum of law in support of Westfield I
II Shoppingtown 'l`rumbull's motion for summary judgnent.
WHEREFGRE, the defendant Westtield Shoppingtovm Trumbull, respectfully I
requests that its motion be granted and that the Court enter an order ot` summary {
judgment in its favor.
TI-IE DEFENDANT,
WESTFIELD SHUPPINGTOXWQ
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CERTIFICATION UF SERVICE I
On June 15, 2l]t}·¤T>, I certify that a true and correct cop]; of the foregoing
MOTION FUR SUMMARY JUDGMENT has been mailed via U.S. mail, postage t _
prepaid, to the following of record: I
Cynthia I-I. Hardaway, Esq. I E
Hunt, I—Iarnlin & Ridley
Military Park Building
6*3 Park Place, Suite 1602
I, Newark, NJ ·l}?l{l·2 I ,
Louis N. George, Esq. I
il Stuart E. Brown
Ii Hassett & George n
555 Franidin Avenue
Hartford, CT UGII4
Robert J. Flanagan, Er., Esq.
Ceila, Flanagan & Weber, P.C.
2i Washington Avenue
I-*.0. Box 221
North Haven, CT 06423-l]22I
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Michael T. McCormac I
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