Williams v. Smith

── Williams v. Smith ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: April 17, 2026 Category: General 24-2733 Williams v. Smith 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 TO 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 17th day of April, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: ROBERT D. SACK, RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, EUNICE C. LEE, Circuit Judges. _____________________________________ STEPHEN J. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 24-2733 DARYL NORVAL SMITH, in his individual capacity and in his capacity as a representative for the FAA administrator, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, an agency of the United States Federal government, NICHOLAS ALBERT EULL, in his capacity as manager of the FAA Bradley Flight Standards District Office, MICHAEL GORDON WHITAKER, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, an agency of the State of Connecticut, ANTONIO TONY GUERRERA, in his capacity as the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, ANTHONY FAMIGLIETTI, in his capacity as legal counsel for the Department of Motor Vehicles, EILEEN MESKILL, in her capacity as legal counsel for the Department of Motor Vehicles, RONALD DANTE FONTENOT, in his capacity as the acting manager of the FAA Specialty Aircraft Examiner Branch, JANE DOES, AND VARIOUS UNKNOWN, in their capacity as employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles, JOHN DOES, AND VARIOUS UNKNOWN, in their capacity as employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles, JANE DOES, VARIOUS UNKNOWN, in their capacity as employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, JOHN DOES, VARIOUS UNKNOWN, in their capacity as employees of the Federal Aviation Administration, Defendants-Appellees, JASON AUBREY GEORGE, in his capacity as manager of the FAA Bradley Flight Standards District Office, now retired, BILLY JOE NOLEN, in his capacity as the acting administrator of the FAA, CAROL CECCONE CARPENTER, in her individual capacity as partner operating under the registered Missouri fictitious name Rainbow Aviation Services, BRIAN JOHN CARPENTER, in his individual capacity as partner operating under the registered Missouri fictitious name Rainbow Aviation Services, 2  Defendants. _____________________________________ For Plaintiff-Appellant: STEPHEN J. WILLIAMS, pro se, Storrs, CT. For Connecticut Defendants- BRIAN E. TETREAULT, Connecticut Office of Appellees: the Attorney General, Hartford, CT. For Federal Defendants- JOHN W. LARSON (Elena Lalli Coronado, on Appellees: the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Sarala V. Nagala, Judge). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the August 12, 2024 judgment of the district court is A