Baptiste v. City Univ. of N.Y.

── Baptiste v. City Univ. of N.Y. ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: April 21, 2026 Category: General 25-98-cv Baptiste v. City Univ. of N.Y. 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 21st day of April, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: RICHARD C. WESLEY, SUSAN L. CARNEY, MICHAEL H. PARK, Circuit Judges. _____________________________________ Michele A. Baptiste, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 25-98 The City University of New York, Vincent Boudreau, in his individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. _____________________________________ 1 FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT: Michele A. Baptiste, pro se, Garden City, NY. FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Judith N. Vale, Deputy Solicitor General, Gillian Barna, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY. Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Furman, J.). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. Michele A. Baptiste, pro se,1 appeals from the district court’s judgment granting summary judgment to her former employer in her employment discrimination and retaliation action. In April 2022, Baptiste—through counsel—sued the City University of New York (“CUNY”) and the president of the City College of New York (“City College”), Vincent Boudreau. She alleged that Boudreau fired her from her position as Dean of Diversity, Compliance, and Faculty Relations at City College, a role in which she oversaw City College’s Office of Diversity and Compliance, in retaliation for her opposing discriminatory acts. The district court granted Defendants’ motion for 1 Baptiste is an attorney. 2 summary judgment, dismissing Baptiste’s federal retaliation claims under the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 with prejudice, and declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over her New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”) retaliation claim. Baptiste v. City Univ. of N.Y., 22-CV-2785 (JMF), 2024 WL 5046707, at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 9, 2024). 2 The district court concluded that, even assuming that Baptiste made a prima facie showing of retaliation, Defendants submitted evidence that she wa