Richard J. Sullivan

Leonard Leo must be proud you Federalist society hack. Judges like you are the very reason our society is fractured. Truth and established caselaw have no room in your court. You are an arrogant blowhard who knows or cares little about Rules of Civil procedure when it comes to Summary Judgment. Please continue to destroy our Constitutional Rights and hand out Summary Judgment like candy when it surely isnt warranted. Just above the law with contempt for honest citizens.

To begin with, I am a physician who has been in litigation against the City and State of NY for the past 6 years. I was terminated from an institution that I had been a part of for 30 years with a spotless record and no disciplinary history. I was terminated after I asked for and was denied 2 days leave to care for my disabled son by a new chairperson who had it in for me. Unaware of the protections of the FMLA, I took the two days regardless because as a father I had to put my family first. Fast forward, despite a mountain of evidence in my favor and multiple clear violations of the FMLA and Title VII, the district court denied a jury trial and allowed the City and State and denied my 24 claims in an astounding brazen act of injustice. The case was appealed and Judge Sullivan presided over the case with two other judges denying my appeal and my subsequent petition for panel rehearing/en banc review. Judge Sullivans interpretation of the law was beyond clueless and I have to say a deliberate effort to ignore the precedent set in the 2nd Circuit and indeed in every circuit on multiple levels. I have obsessively studied the aspects of the law pertinent to my case for 6 years, lost 100s of thousands of dollars , nearly destroyed my marriage for what should have been an obvious ruling in my favor with a ton of evidence in my favor and multiple violations of the law. Judge Sullivan wouldnt know a disputed, genuine issue of material fact if it slapped him in the face. His ruling was predetermined and rubber stamped. My petition left no wiggle room and was an air tight legal argument which I assume wasnt even read as an real Judge would have had to sit up and listen to what was a clear and concise interpretation of the law proving an obvious injustice. [redacted by Ed.] Judge Sullivan should be disbarred as no one should have to deal with this sort of injustice. I now have zero faith in the Judicial system as my case was like a rape in broad day