Francis v. Kings Park Manor, Inc., 944 F.3d 370 (2019)

Citation: Francis v. Kings Park Manor, Inc., 944 F.3d 370 (2019)
Parent Document: Francis v. Kings Park Manor, Inc., 944 F.3d 370 (2019)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2019-12-06
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4684833/francis-v-kings-park-manor-inc/ ↗

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1                         UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
 2                             FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
 3
 4                                        August Term, 2015
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 6                                    (Argued: April 7, 2016
 7                            Final Submission: November 22, 2016
 8                                 Decided: December 6, 2019)
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10                                       Docket No. 15‐1823‐cv
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12                           _____________________________________
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14                                       DONAHUE FRANCIS,
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16                                         Plaintiff‐Appellant,
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18                                                 v.
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20                  KINGS PARK MANOR, INC., CORRINE DOWNING,
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22                                       Defendants‐Appellees,
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24                                       RAYMOND ENDRES,
25
26                                             Defendant.
27
28                           _____________________________________
29
30   Before:
31
32                 POOLER, LIVINGSTON, and LOHIER, Circuit Judges.
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34         In this appeal, we consider whether a landlord may be liable under §§ 3604
35   and 3617 of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (“FHA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3604, 3617, and
36   analogous provisions of the New York State Human Rights Law (“NYSHRL”),
37   N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, for intentionally discriminating against a tenant who
 1   complains about a racially hostile housing environment that is created by and
 2   leads to the arrest and conviction of another tenant. The United States District
 3   Court for the Eastern District of New York (Spatt, J.) dismissed the claims of
 4   plaintiff Donahue Francis under the FHA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1982, and the
 5   NYSHRL, as well as Francis’s other claims under New York State law. We
 6   VACATE the District Court’s dismissal of the federal claims and the NYSHRL
 7   claims and REMAND for further proceedings. We AFFIRM the District Court’s
 8   judgment in all other respects.
 9
10         Judge Livingston dissents by separate opinion.
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12                                        SASHA SAMBERG‐CHAMPION (Yiyang Wu,
13                                        John P. Relman, on the brief), Relman, Dane
14                                        & Colfax PLLC, Washington, DC, for
15                                        Plaintiff‐Appellant.
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17                                        MELISSA CORWIN (Stanley J. Somer, on the
18                                        brief), Somer, Heller & Corwin LLP,
19                                        Commack, NY, for Defendants‐Appellees.
20
21                                        Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant
22                                        Attorney General, Jennifer Levin Eichhorn,
23                                        Sharon McGowan, Thomas Chandler,
24                                        United States Department of Justice, Civil
25                                        Rights Division, Washington, DC; Tonya T.
26                                        Robinson, Acting General Counsel,
27                                        Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy General
28                                        Counsel for Enforcement and Fair Housing,
29                                        Kathleen Pennington, M. Casey Weissman‐
30                                        Vermeulen, Alexandria Lippincott, U.S.
31                                        Department of Housing and Urban
32                                        Development, Office of General Counsel,
33                                        Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United
34                                        States of America.
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