| State Street Bank Was Sued
For Discrimination Ratner Out of Case But On
Hook for Sanctions
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 28 – Two employees
sued State State Bank for
discrimination. Then their
lawyer had some problems - and
now the lead plaintiff, too.
On
September 15 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Gregory H. Woods held a status
conference. Inner City Press
covered it.
State Street's
lawyer complained about the
plaintiff getting double
standards, while purporting to
sympathize for their problems.
The plaintiffs cite State
Street's "notorious
male-dominated 'Boston club'
culture."
On October
14, Judge Woods held another
conference, and Inner City
Press again covered it. Now
the lead plaintiff Ksenia
Shnyra has asked for more time
to complete discovery, citing
"my own recent exposure to
COVID-19 and the need to
quarantine."
State Street's lawyer
countered that the quarantine
time could have been used to
search through emails and
produce discovery.
At the
next conference on December 2,
which Inner City Press also
covered, the plaintiffs'
attorneys did not show up.
Judge Woods adjourned it with
counsel expected to attend
"unless all individual
plaintiffs elect to proceed
pro se."
On December
28, in another conference that
Inner City Press covered,
Judge Woods allowed
plaintiffs' lawyer Mikhail
Ratner out of the case, but
still on the hook for
sanctions. Judge Woods told
him he sympathized with his
recent problems, but had to do
what he had to do. The case is
stayed for 30 days for the
plaintiffs to find new
counsel. Or they will proceed
pro se.
The case is
Shnyra et al v. State Street
Bank and Trust Co., Inc.,
19-cv-2420 (Woods)
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