POWERS v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY et al
Filing
71
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 65 IS GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. SIGNED BY HONORABLE MITCHELL S. GOLDBERG ON 5/18/23. 5/18/23 ENTERED & E-MAILED.(fdc)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ANTHONY POWERS,
Civil Action
Plaintiff,
No. 19-cv-4685
v.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 18th day of May, 2023, upon consideration of Defendants’ Motion for
Summary Judgment (ECF No. 65), and the responses and replies thereto, and for the reasons set
out in the accompanying memorandum opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is
GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows:
1.
All claims against Defendants Locks and Waddell are DISMISSED.
2.
All claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (including retaliation claims
under that Act) and for disability discrimination under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act are
DISMISSED.
3.
The motion is DENIED as to:
a. Powers’s race discrimination claims against Defendants SEPTA (Title VII and
the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act) and Benson (42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the
Pennsylvania Human Relations Act) in regard to Powers’s one-day suspension;
and
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b. Powers’s retaliation claims against Defendants SEPTA (Title VII and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act) and Benson (the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act) in regard to Powers’s one-day suspension and termination.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Mitchell S. Goldberg
MITCHELL S. GOLDBERG, J.
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