| US Mission to UN Is Sued For
Discrimination As Ting Is Called Critical In
Redacted Letter
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 15 – Jane C. Malloy, an
African-American woman, has
filed a racial discrimination
lawsuit against the U.S. State
Department, specifically
against its U.S. Mission to
the United Nations.
On April 2,
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Kevin N. Fox
held a proceeding. Inner City
Press, in-house press at the
SDNY, covered it.
Malloy's complaint recounts
how her nomination for the
Innovation in the Use of
Technology Award was
wrongfully not passed along to
the Chief of Mission, and how
they failed to promote her
from the GG-12 to the GG-13
despite her solid performance
reviews.
Now the State
Department's concern is a
protective order so that
information they produce under
discovery is not available to
the public.
And on
April 19, stating that US
Mission to the UN staffer
Harry Ting cannot be deposed -
possibly justified - the
request was made to file
records under seal, ex parte,
Attorney's Eyes Only.
On April 29,
Magistrate Judge Kevin N.
Fox denied the request,
at least for now: "ORDER
denying without prejudice [55]
Letter Motion to seal and for
a conference. The instant
application is not in
consonance with 2A of the
Court's Individual Rules of
Practice, which requires a
joint writing from the
parties. (HEREBY ORDERED by
Magistrate Judge Kevin
Nathaniel Fox)."
Even if that's
belatedly complied with, might
it not be available under the
Freedom of Information Act -
something that, like First
Amendment protections, the UN
doesn't have and the US
Mission is doing nothing
about?
On June 24, Judge
Fox held another proceeding,
and Inner City Press still
banned from the UN covered it.
Now Mr. Ting of the US Mission
is being described as, when he
heard the plaintiff's name,
saying he wanted to vomit and
cry. What really went on?
The
discovery plan lists
depositions with Andrea
Donohue, Natoschia Scruggs,
Mary Alderete, who pointed to
Eric Larrondo, Heather
Townsend and Jeanine Juliao
and Bruce Williamson. But what
about Mr. Ting?
Partially
unsealed and docketed on July
15 is Malloy's letter stating
that "Mr. Ting's testimony is
critical. Mr. Ting is a
comparator; he is the only
eyewitness to several events
that form the basis for
Plaintiff's termination; and
his statements and emails to
the Department of State Human
Resources Office formed part
of the basis for terminating
Plaintiff [REDACTION - FOUR
LINES].
Inner City Press, banned from
the UN since July 3, 2018,
will remain on this case.
It is Malloy v.
US Department of State, et
al., 19-cv-6533 (Gardephe /
Fox)
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