DeJoy v. United States
- Gregory Woods
- 1:24-cv-04814
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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DeJoy v. United States: Judge Woods entered judgment dismissing most claims with prejudice, three Title VII claims without prejudice, and closing the case.
The plaintiff’s claims were dismissed: most with prejudice, and the Title VII claims involving three job postings without prejudice. The judgment also affects any attempted appeal by denying in forma pauperis status.
What happened
In Louis DeJoy, et al. v. United States, the court entered judgment based on its September 26, 2025 order. The judgment addressed claims under several federal and state laws.
The court dismissed with prejudice the claims under Sections 1981 and 1983, New York law, several veterans’ and civil-service laws, and unexhausted Title VII claims involving 58 job postings. It dismissed without prejudice the Title VII claims involving the remaining three job postings.
Judge Gregory Woods’s court certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith, denied in forma pauperis status for an appeal, and closed the case.
The detailed version
- DeJoy v. United States · No. 1:24-cv-04814
- Gregory Woods
- Sept. 29, 2025
What the judgment did
The court entered judgment for the reasons stated in its September 26, 2025 order. The text provided here does not include that earlier order’s reasoning.
Claims dismissed with prejudice
The judgment states that the plaintiff’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and New York state law were dismissed with prejudice, meaning the judgment bars those claims from being brought again in the same form. It also dismissed with prejudice the claims under the Veterans’ Preference Act, the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act, the Jobs for Veterans Act, the Civil Service Reform Act, and Executive Order 11521.
The court further dismissed with prejudice the plaintiff’s unexhausted Title VII claims concerning 58 job postings. “Unexhausted” means the required administrative process had not been completed for those claims, according to the judgment.
Title VII claims dismissed without prejudice
The plaintiff’s Title VII claims concerning the remaining three job postings were dismissed without prejudice. That disposition does not bar refiling those claims solely because of this judgment, although the provided text does not state what requirements would apply to any refiling.
Appeal and case status
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied in forma pauperis status, which permits a person who cannot afford filing fees to proceed without paying them, for purposes of an appeal. The case was closed.
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