No. 21-5926

Rimma Kunik v. New York City Department of Education, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: age-discrimination burden-of-proof civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-intent employment employment-discrimination religious-discrimination standard-of-review workload-comparison workplace-harassment
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Quotes in the Order (p.6'4-7; p.9-8-13)issued by the Court of Appeal on 5/13/2021
such as "Kunik did not allege any overt discrimination (emphasis added) based on
her age or religion, much less any facts showing that 'discriminatory intimidation,
ridicule, and insult ' were 'sufficiently severe or pervasive ' to alter the conditions of
her employment... " echo other similar argumentation in the presented case.
Is presence of defendants ' recorded slurs directed at plaintiffs indispensable for a
case to be accepted/defined as discriminatory or is the ample evidence of numerous
factually supported discriminatory actions, inexplicably disregarded by courts,
against plaintiffs that "speak louder than words " sufficient and must be accepted as
the undeniable sufficient proof of such discrimination as the above "silence of the
lambs " cannot cancel the defendants ' discriminatory actions?

2. When required to evaluate the workload of a plaintiff in a discrimination case,
courts find it difficult to pronounce a correct determination and often refer to the
fact that they lack "the bright line rule " for it. Does this Court agree that comparing
• the time the plaintiff used to spend on earning his paycheck before the
unwanted changes were introduced into his/her employment history
• to the time spent on his/her new assignment, allegedly based on
discriminatory intent or direct discrimination,
will allow to determine, correctly and easily, if the new assignment is truly
'burdensome " and thus discriminatory?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the presence of defendants' recorded slurs is indispensable for a discrimination case or if ample evidence of discriminatory actions is sufficient proof

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-03
2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-24
Petitioner complied with order of November 8, 2021.
2021-11-08
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until November 29, 2021, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2021-10-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
2021-10-15
Waiver of right of respondent NYC Department of Education, et al. to respond filed.
2021-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 8, 2021)

Attorneys

NYC Department of Education, et al.
Elizabeth I. FreedmanNYC Law Department, Respondent
Rimma Kunik
Rimma Kunik — Petitioner