Cobham v. N.Y. Racing Ass�n, Inc.

── Cobham v. N.Y. Racing Ass�n, Inc. ── Case No.: 24-2781-cv Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: March 30, 2026 Category: General 24-2781-cv Cobham v. N.Y. Racing Ass’n, Inc. 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 30th day of March, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: DENNY CHIN, RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., STEVEN J. MENASHI, Circuit Judges. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ROBERT COBHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 24-2781-cv THE NEW YORK RACING ASSOCIATION, INC. (“NYRA”), JUAN DOMINGUEZ, THE NYRA PANEL OF STEWARDS AND INDIVIDUALLY, TIM KELLY, THE NYRA PANEL OF STEWARDS AND INDIVIDUALLY, JOHN CLYNE, 1  NYRA SECURITY AND SENIOR DIRECTOR, SECURITY OFFICER OF NYRA SECURITY, AND INDIVIDUALLY, HARRY PAZMINO, INDIVIDUALLY, CHYNIA BONNELL, INDIVIDUALLY, KEITH DOLESHEL, THE RACING SECRETARY AND INDIVIDUALLY, BRAULIO BAEZA, THE NYRA PANEL OF STEWARDS AND INDIVIDUALLY, DAVID O’ROURKE, AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRESIDENT OF NYRA AND INDIVIDUALLY, JOI GARNER, AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND CORPORATE SECRETARY OF NYRA AND INDIVIDUALLY, Defendants-Appellees. * ------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT: Robert Cobham, pro se, Uniondale, NY FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES: Kelly McNamee (Henry M. Greenberg, on the brief), Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Joan M. Azrack, Judge). * The Clerk of Court is directed to amend the caption as set forth above. 2  UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED. Plaintiff Robert Cobham, representing himself, appeals from the September 17, 2024 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Azrack, J.) dismissing his claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Racing Association, Inc. (“NYRA”) and several of its officials (collectively, “Defendants”) for failure to state a claim, declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over his state-law claim, denying as moot his motion for a preliminary injunction, and denying leave to file a second amended complaint. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and the record of prior proceedings, to which