Powell v. Maldonado

── Powell v. Maldonado ── Case No.: 25-259 Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: April 02, 2026 Category: General 25-259-cv Powell v. Maldonado UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 2nd day of April, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: GERARD E. LYNCH, RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., STEVEN J. MENASHI, Circuit Judges. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DARNEL POWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 25-259-cv LISA MALDONADO, ANN ALEXANDER, WESTBURY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL 1  FREE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Defendants-Appellees. * ------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR APPELLANT: DARNEL POWELL, pro se, Hackensack, NJ FOR APPELLEES LISA Adam I. Kleinberg, Guercio & MALDONADO, ANN Guercio, LLP, Farmingdale, NY ALEXANDER, WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL FREE BOARD OF TRUSTEES: FOR APPELLEE NEW YORK Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor STATE EDUCATION General, Matthew W. Grieco, DEPARTMENT: Senior Assistant Solicitor General of Counsel, Katie Kroft, Law Student Intern, for Letitia James, Attorney General for the State of New York, New York, NY FOR APPELLEE WESTBURY Robert T. Reilly, Christopher TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION: Lewis, Law Office of Robert T. Reilly, New York, NY Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Rachel P. Kovner, Judge). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED. * The Clerk of Court is directed to amend the caption as set forth above. 2  Plaintiff-Appellant Darnel Powell, representing himself, appeals from the January 3, 2025 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Kovner, J.) dismissing his amended complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and from the January 30, 2025 order denying his motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We assume the parties’ famil