Nelson v. Thomson

── Nelson v. Thomson ── Case No.: 25-607 Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: March 27, 2026 Category: General 25-607 Nelson v. Thomson 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 27th day of March, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: DENNIS JACOBS, PIERRE N. LEVAL, RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges. _____________________________________ TROIX NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 25-607 KATHLEEN S. THOMSON, individually and in her official capacity as Acting Deputy Commissioner, SHERRIE REMBERT, individually and in her official capacity as 1 Assistant Chief, LOUIS A. MOLINA, individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner of Correction, CHARISMA CARTER, individually and in her official capacity as Warden, PETER TROXLER, Union Attorney, MERCEDES MALDONADO, Union Attorney, JOEY JACKSON LAW PLLC, Union Law Firm, KARASYK & MOSCHELLA, LLP, Union Law Firm, CORRECTION OFFICERS’ BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC., Municipal Employee Organization, CITY OF NEW YORK, ASIM REHMAN, individually and in his official capacity as Commissioner and Chief Administrative Law Judge, BENNY BOSCIO, Union President, Defendants-Appellees. * ____________________________________ For Plaintiff-Appellant: Troix Nelson, pro se, Brooklyn, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Peter Justin Jackson, Esq., Joey Jackson Troxler and Joey Jackson Law, Law, PLLC, New York, NY. PLLC: For Defendants-Appellees Lisa L. Shrewsberry, Esq., Traub Mercedes Maldonado and Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry Karasyk & Moschella, LLP: LLP, Hawthorne, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Dianna D. McCarthy, Kaufman Correction Officers’ Benevolent Borgeest & Ryan LLP, New York, Association, Inc., and Benny NY. Boscio, Union President: * The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to amend the official case caption as set forth above. 2 For Defendants-Appellees Chase Henry Mechanick, Kathleen S. Thomson, Sherrie Assistant Corporation Counsel Rembert, Louis Molina, (Jamison Davies, on the brief), for Charisma Carter, City of New Muriel Goode-Trufant, York, and Asim Rehman: Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY. Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (J. Paul Oetken, Judge). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the February 11, 2025 judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Troix Nelson, a former New York City corrections officer who is proceeding pro se, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of