Opinion
No. 10-1101-cv.
September 19, 2011.
Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Mauskopf, J.).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be AFFIRMED.
Justo A. Vasquez-Bonilla, Jr., Bronx, N.Y., pro se.
Jeremy E. Meyer (Joseph T. Cleary, on the brief), Cleary Josem LLP, Philadelphia, PA, James E. Neuman, New York, N.Y., for Appellees.
SUMMARY ORDER
Appellant, pro se, appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment to Appellees and dismissing his employment discrimination claims brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. We assume the parties' familiarity with the facts, proceedings below, and specification of issues on appeal.
We review an order granting summary judgment de novo and ask whether the district court properly concluded that there were no genuine issues of material fact and that the moving party was entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Miller v. Wolpoff Abramson, L.L.P., 321 F.3d 292, 300 (2d Cir. 2003). In determining whether there are genuine issues of material fact, we are "required to resolve all ambiguities and draw all permissible factual inferences in favor of the party against whom summary judgment is sought." Terry v. Askcroft, 336 F.3d 128, 137 (2d Cir. 2003) (internal quotation marks omitted). However, "conclusory statements or mere allegations [are] not sufficient to defeat a summary judgment motion." Davis v. New York, 316 F.3d 93, 100 (2d Cir. 2002).
Having conducted an independent and de novo review of the record in light of these principles, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellees for substantially the reasons stated by the district court in its memorandum and order.
We have considered Appellant's other arguments on appeal and have found them to be without merit. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.