STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS Pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 56 of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure for the Western District of New York, Defendant Makau Matua submits this statement of undisputed material facts in support of his Motion for Summary J udgment. The only facts material to this motion are not in dispute, and are as follows: 1. This is an action brought pursuant 42 U.S.C. 1983 seeking redress of alleged constitutional violations by Defendants. The operative pleading is Plaintiffs complaint filed on March 23, 2012. Docket No. 1 (Complaint). 2. This action arises out of the non-renewal of Plaintiffs term contract of employment with the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (Law School). Id. 3. Plaintiff alleges that Defendants denied him his Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural due process in connection with the non-renewal of his term contract. Id. As to Defendant Matua, Plaintiff alleges that he denied him due process by 1 Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 1 of 18 failing to seek review of his decision to non-renew by the Law Schools Committee on Clinical Promotion and Renewal (CCPR) both before and after the non-renewal. Id. at 34. As to Defendant Ewing, Plaintiff alleges that he denied him due process by preventing his grievance regarding the non-renewal from being heard by the Law School faculty. Id. at 35. 4. At all times relevant to the events underlying the Complaint, Defendant Matua was the Dean of the Law School. Id at 5. 5. At all times relevant to the events underlying the Complaint, Defendant Ewing was a tenured member of the faculty at the Law School and chairperson of the facultys Grievance Committee. Id at 6. A. The State University of New York 1
6. The State University of New York (SUNY) is governed by a Board of Trustees. 2 The SUNY system administration oversees all of the campuses. 3
7. The Board of Trustees maintains Policies that constitute the rules for governance of SUNY and its institutions. 4 The Policies appear in the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York as Subchapter b of Chapter V of Volume 8 entitled Education. 5
1 Defendant Matuas Statement of Undisputed Facts borrows liberally from the Statement of Undisputed Facts submitted by Defendant Ewing in support of his motion for summary judgment (Docket 54-2). We hereby acknowledge Ewings counsels excellent work in marshalling the facts relevant to both Defendants motions. 2 See Policies of the Board of Trustees (hereafter Policies), p.1, attached hereto as Exhibit A. 3 Excerpts of the deposition transcript of J ames J arvis are attached hereto as Exhibit B (hereafter J arvis Tr. __). J arvis Tr. 42-43. 4 See Exhibit A, p.1. 5 Id. 2
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 2 of 18 8. The Policies contain procedures and requirements for the appointment of employees. 6 The Policies contain specific requirements for term appointments, which are appointments for a specified period of time, at Title D of Article XI of the Polices. 7 Term appointments (the type that Plaintiff had) may only be for a specified period of not more than three years which shall automatically expire at the end of that period unless terminated earlier because of resignation, retirement or termination. 8 Moreover, term appointments may be renewed for successive periods of not more than three years each[.] 9 Term appointments may only be made by chief administrative officer (i.e., the president) of the college. 10
9. The Policies provide that [n]o term appointment, of itself, shall be deemed to create any manner of legal right, interest or expectancy in any other appointment or renewal. 11 The Policies provide further that: [t]he services of academic and professional employees having term appointments shall cease automatically at the end of their specified terms. There shall be no right of appeal from a nonrenewal of a term appointment. 12
B. State University of New York at Buffalo 10. The State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) is an agency of the State of New York. 13 The UB Faculty Senate is the elected, official representative body of the Voting Faculty [of UB]. 14
6 Id. at pp. 10-19. 7 Id. at pp. 13-14. 8 Id. at p. 13. 9 Id. at p. 14. 10 Id. at pp. 1, 14. 11 Id. at p. 14. 12 Id. at p. 36. 13 By-Laws of the Voting Faculty, State University of New York at Buffalo, attached as Exhibit B, 2.2.1. 14 http://faculty-senate.buffalo.edu/. 3
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 3 of 18 11. Several documents govern the faculty at UB, including the Bylaws of the Voting Faculty, State University of New York at Buffalo (the Bylaws.). 15 The UB Faculty Senate also maintains a Charter of the Faculty Senate of State University of New York at Buffalo (the Charter) and Standing Orders of the UB Faculty Senate (Standing Orders.). 16 The Charters function is to define the membership and describe its duties, responsibilities, and powers of the Faculty Senate. 17 The Standing Orders provide rules relating to the procedures of the Faculty Senate. 18
12. The Bylaws provide in Article II, paragraph 4: The Voting Faculty may establish procedures for investigating, hearing, and reporting to appropriate persons or bodies with respect to charges or complaints brought by faculty members against other faculty members, or against administrative officers of the University, or brought against faculty members by students or other members of the University community. 19
13. The Charter provides: Complaints of charges. The Senate shall establish by standing orders, the procedures called for in an Article II, Paragraph 4 of the Bylaws of the Voting Faculty. 20
14. The Standing Orders contain an entire section relating to Complaints and/or Charges By and Against Faculty. 21 Section 7(b) of the Standing Orders provides: [c]omplaints arising within departments, faculties, or schools shall initially be dealt with according to procedures established at those levels. Those matters that 15 Exhibit B. 16 Copies of the Charter and Standing Orders are attached as Exhibit C and D, respectively. 17 Exhibit C. 18 Exhibit D. 19 Exhibit B. 20 Exhibit C. 21 Exhibit D. 4
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 4 of 18 have not been resolved at those levels or that involve more than one administrative unit will become of concern to the Faculty Senate and will fall under the provisions of this Article. 22
15. The Faculty Senate has standing regarding various issues, including, alleged violations of faculty rights under faculty, school, and/or department bylaws which have not been resolved at those levels; conflicts among faculty or between faculty and administration which jeopardize the integrity of the academic program of the University; and any other matter over which the Senate has authority under the Charter or the Bylaws. 23 But, the Standing Order provide that if a party to a complaint to the Faculty Senate commences a lawsuit or files a complaint with an outside administrative agency or court involving the same underlying factual issues, the Faculty Senates involvement in the matter shall terminate. 24
16. UB also maintains a Faculty/Staff Handbook (the Handbook.). 25 The Handbook provides: The following set of guidelines has been established by the provost in order to provide guidance concerning the handling of complaints that concern members of the faculty. It is fully expected that each faculty or school will have established definitive procedures in this regard that address these issues and which adhere to these more general guidelines. 26 The Handbook identifies a process for addressing complaints against faculty. 27 It then provides: The preceding principles are intended primarily to aid in the prompt and appropriate disposition of complaints arising out of the day-to-day 22 Id. 23 Exhibit D. 24 Id. at p. 11. 25 A copy of the Faculty Staff Handbook is attached as Exhibit E. 26 Id. at p. 21. 27 Id. at p. 30-31. 5
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 5 of 18 functioning of the universitys academic programs, and where the underlying events are not likely to give rise to civil actions or criminal prosecutions. In cases where the events could lead to a civil proceeding by or against the State of New York, or its agencies, including the university, or in cases that are governed by contracts binding on the state or its agencies, administrative officers of the state must observe their obligations as officers of the state and refer the matter to proper authorities for disposition within the applicable legal or contractual framework. 28
C. The UB Law School
17. The Law School likewise maintains bylaws, which serve as the guiding principles of faculty governance. 29 The By-Laws in effect in 2006 provide: These By-Laws constitute the regulations for the internal government of the Faculty of Law and J urisprudence, subject in all cases to the provisions of the Policies of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York and the By-Laws of the Faculty of the State University of New York at Buffalo. 30
18. The 2006 By- Laws established a Committee on Promotion and Tenure. 31 The 2006 By-Laws provided that the Committee on Promotion and Tenure had jurisdiction over, and the power to make recommendations with respect to promotion of members of the faculty including the granting of tenure, and dismissal, or termination of the appointment of members of the faculty 32 (emphasis added). 19. The Law Schools By-Laws were amended as of April 22, 2008. 33 The 2008 By- Laws created two standing committees tasked with considering the continued 28 Id. at p. 31. 29 Excerpts of the deposition transcript of Makau Matua are attached hereto as Exhibit F (hereafter Matua Tr. __). Matua Tr. 94. 30 A copy of the By-Laws in effect in April 2006 is attached as Exhibit G (2006 By-Laws). 31 Id. at p. 7. 32 Id. 33 A copy of the By-Laws that were amended as of April 22, 2008 is attached as Exhibit H (2008 By- Laws). 6
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 6 of 18 terms of employment of Law School faculty: the Committee on Promotion and Tenure and the Committee on Clinical Promotion and Renewal. 34
20. The 2008 By-Laws provided that the Committee on Promotion and Tenure had jurisdiction over and the power to make recommendations with respect to promotion, including the granting of tenure, dismissal, or termination of the appointment of a Faculty Member who is tenured or on a tenure track 35 (emphasis added). 21. The 2008 By-Laws provided that the Committee on Clinical Promotion and Renewal had jurisdiction over and power to make recommendations with respect to promotion, including the granting of an indefinitely renewable long- term contract, renewal, dismissal, or termination of the appointment of a Faculty Member who is on an indefinitely renewable long-term contract 36 (emphasis added). 22. Under the 2008 By-Laws, the Dean of the Law is not required to seek the facultys recommendation to non-renew Clinical Faculty appointments. 37 Indeed, Olsen, Matua and even Malkan all testified that recommendations by the Committee on Promotion and Tenure and the Committee on Clinical Promotion and Renewal regarding appointments and non-renewals were just that; recommendations, and that the Dean had the discretion to either accept them or reject them. 38
34 Id. at p. 7-8. 35 Id. at p. 7. 36 Id. at p. 8. 37 Mutua Tr. 97-98. Excerpts of the deposition transcript of R. Nils Olsen, J r., are attached hereto as Exhibit I (hereafter Olsen Tr. __). Olsen Tr. 37. 38 Olsen Tr. 36-38; Matua Tr. 96-100; 153-154. Excerpts of the deposition transcript of J effery Malkan are attached hereto as Exhibit L (hereafter Malkan Tr. __). Malkan Tr. 8-10. 7
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 7 of 18 23. On October 14, 1994, the Law School adopted policies governing Clinical Faculty Appointments. 39
D. Malkans Appointment 24. Malkan was hired as Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Research and Writing beginning with the 2000-2001 academic year. 40 The initial appointment was for three years. 41 The Directorship was an administrative appointment at the discretion of the Dean. 42 Malkans faculty appointment was renewed for a second three-year term. 43
25. Even though Malkans title was Clinical Associate Professor, he never taught a clinic during his entire time at the Law School. 44 There was no other faculty at the Law School that held the title of Clinical Associate Professor that did not teach clinics. 45 The Dean at the time of his hire, R. Nils Olsen, gave him the title of Clinical Associate Professor because there was no separate appointment provision for the Director of Research and Writing and to provide him with a longer contract period than the Research and Writing instructors, who at the time were on year-to-year term contracts. 46
26. Matua testified that, in his opinion, the category of Clinical Professor had been used irregularly prior to his deanship. 47 In the case of Malkan, he said that he considered giving him the title of Clinical Professor when he did not actually 39 A copy of the policies governing Clinical Faculty Appointments is attached as Exhibit J. 40 See appointment letter dated J uly 25, 2000, attached as Exhibit K. 41 Id. 42 Malkan Tr. 37 43 Id. 44 Malkan Tr. 40. 45 Id. at 40-41; Olsen Tr.27. 46 Olsen Tr. 14-16. 47 Matua Tr. 100-103; 111-116; 173-176. 8
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 8 of 18 teach in the clinics as an attempt to subvert established rule and give him more job security than that which he was entitled to. 48 He said that when he became Dean, he discovered other instances of the title Clinical Professor having been used irregularly, discontinued the practice, and tried to regularize the use of the title of Clinical Professor so that it comported with the rules. 49
27. On April 28, 2006, a meeting of the Committee on Promotion and Tenure was convened by Vice Dean for Academics Susan Mangold to consider the promotion of Malkan from Clinical Associate Professor to full Clinical Professor. 50 Mangold presided over the meeting because Dean Olsen was out of town attending to his sick father. 51
28. Prior to the meeting, several faculty members expressed strong opposition to Malkans promotion and his continued Directorship of the Legal Research and Writing Program, and questioned what it was the Committee members were being asked to vote upon. 52
29. There is sharp disagreement regarding what occurred at the meeting and what exactly the Committee voted on. Malkan and several third party witnesses deposed in this action claim that a vote was taken on whether the Committee should recommend to the Dean that he be promoted to full Clinical Professor, and that the vote was in his favor. 53 Defendant Matua, on the other, recalls that the meeting quickly devolved to a discussion of whether Malkan should continue as 48 Id. at 100-103. 49 Id. at 101, 173-176. 50 Excerpts of the deposition transcript of Susan Mangold are attached hereto as Exhibit M (hereafter Mangold Tr. __). Mangold Tr. 11-12. 51 Id. at 12. 52 See memorandum of J ames Gardner and Lucinda Finely to Promotion and Tenure Committee dated April 3, 2006 and April 5, 2006, respectively, attached as Exhibit N. 53 See Complaint 11-12. 9
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 9 of 18 Director of the Research and Writing Program, and that a vote was eventually taken on whether the Committee should recommend that the Dean offer Malkan a terminal one year appointment, and that vote came out in Malkans favor. 54
30. On August 7, 2006, the UB Presidents Office issued Malkan an appointment letter which provided: In accordance with Article XI of the Policies of the SUNY Board of Trustees, I am pleased to offer you an appointment to the position described in the enclosed document(s). 55 The enclosed document was an Appointment Data Sheet. 56
The Appointment Data Sheet provided that Malkans appointment was a term appointment from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2009. 57 Malkan signed the Appointment Data Sheet on September 21, 2006. 58 The Appointment Data Sheet stated that the Appointment is made in accordance with the policies of the Board of Trustees, specifically Article XI, and the rules and regulations which govern such Appointments in the State University of New York. 59
31. The President sent Malkan a second, substantially similar appointment letter and Appointment Data Sheet on October 16, 2007. 60 The term of that appointment likewise ended on August 31, 2009, and was made in accordance with the policies of the Board of Trustees and regulations which govern such Appointments in the State University of New York. 61
32. Prior to the P and T Committee meeting on April 28, 2006, Vice Dean Mangold sought clarification regarding how changes to the ABA Standards regarding term 54 Matua Tr. 27-43. 55 A copy of the appointment letter is attached as Exhibit O. 56 A copy of the Appointment Data Sheet is attached as ExhibitP. 57 Id. 58 Id. 59 Id. 60 A copy of the letter and second Appointment Data Sheet are attached as Exhibit Q. 61 Id. 10
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 10 of 18 contracts for full time Clinical Professors might impact the Law Schools term contracts with its clinical faculty. On October 17, 2005, Mangold reached out to Professor Lucinda Finley, who served as Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs regarding Malkans promotion. 62 The SUNY Board of Trustees Policies limited term appointments to three years. 63 But, the American Bar Association, which accredited the Law School, required full-time, clinical faculty contracts of at least five years. 64
33. Finley contacted J ames J arvis, then-Director of Human Resources. 65 On October 19, 2005 J arvis informed Finley that the limit applied to clinical faculty. 66 J arvis advised Finley that he would contact Ray Haines, Head of Employee Relations at the SUNY level, to discuss the issue. 67
34. J arvis and Haines discussed the issue and explored whether there was a way to accommodate the ABA Standard in light of the limitation on term appointments imposed by the Trustees Policies. 68 They determined that there was no way for the Law School to offer clinical faculty five year term appointments under the Trustees Policies because it would impermissibly create an expectation of a term appointment beyond three years. 69 This information was conveyed to Finley. 70
35. After the P&T Committee meeting on April 28, 2006, Malkan negotiated a letter agreement with the Deans Office regarding the terms and conditions of a promotion to Full Clinical Professor. 71 Malkan proposed various provisions pertaining to job security that he wanted included in the agreement, including a presumptively 62 See e-mail exchange attached as Exhibit R. 63 Exhibit A, p. 13. 64 Exhibit R. 65 Id. 66 Id. 67 Id. See also J arvis Tr. 42-43 68 J arvis Tr. 43-46. 69 Id. 70 Id. at 47. 71 Malkan Tr. 81-91. 11
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 11 of 18 renewable five year contract that could only be non-renewed for good cause, with good cause being defined as the same standard that would justify terminating the employment of a tenured faculty member. 72
36. At their depositions, neither Olsen nor Mangold admitted to being the primary drafter and negotiator of the agreement that was ultimately entered into with Malkan, with each testifying that it was the other that did it. 73 In any event, virtually all of the terms and conditions that Malkan had proposed including in the agreement regarding job security ended up in the agreement, including a presumptively renewable five year contract term that could only be non-renewed for good cause and a provision providing that a change in the structure or staffing of the Law Schools Research and Writing Program would not equate to good cause to non-renew. 74
37. The letter agreement was dated October 19, 2006. 75 The letter agreement also renewed Malkans administrative appointment as Director of the Research and Writing Program. 76 Malkan signed the letter agreement on November 16, 2006. 77
38. In order to get around the prohibition in Trustees Policies against term appointments greater than three years, the letter agreement created a fiction that the official contract term would only be for three years, but that the Dean would routinely a provide an automatic two year extension at the end of each three year period. 78 Olsen testified at his deposition that the three-two contact term provision was explicitly meant as an attempt to get around the SUNY prohibition on term appointments greater than three 72 See e-mail exchanges attached as Exhibit S. 73 Olsen Tr. 11-12, 29; Mangold Tr. 121-127. 74 See letter agreement dated October 19, 2006, attached as Exhibit T. 75 Id. 76 Id. 77 Id. 78 Id. 12
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 12 of 18 years. 79 Malkan also acknowledged that he was aware of the prohibition in Trustees Policies against term appointments greater than three years and that the three-two contact term provision was explicitly intended to get around the Trustees Policies. 80
Neither Malkan nor Olsen knew of any other member of the Law School faculty that was ever given a term appointment with three-two contact term provision. 81
39. Matua testified that he recalled seeing Malkans letter agreement in his personnel file shortly after he became interim Dean and being struck by its contents. 82 He said that he believed it to violate the SUNY Board of Trustees prohibition of term appointments greater than three years because it essentially gave him a six year presumptively renewable contract that continued indefinitely. 83 He viewed the letter agreement as an attempt to grant tenure by other means. E. MALKANS REMOVAL AS RESEARCH AND WRITING DIRECTOR AND NON-RENEWAL OF HIS TERM APPOINTMENT
40. Mutua was appointed Interim Dean of the Law School in December 2007. Mutua identified certain issues that he wanted to address as Interim Dean, including the admissions process and the Legal Research and Writing Program. 84
41. On March 12, 2008, Mutua asked Malkan to resign as Director of the Legal Research and Writing program. 85 This was Mutuas polite way of firing Malkan as Director. 86 This was an administrative appointment and Mutua was not 79 Olsen Tr. 11-16; 29-32. 80 Malkan Tr. 82-86. 81 Id. at 90-91; Olsen Tr. at 32. 82 Matua Tr. 106. 83 Id. at 106-110. 84 Id. at 50 85 Id. at 58-59. See also e-mails attached as Exhibit U. 86 Matua Tr. 59. 13
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 13 of 18 required to provide Malkan with any reason for his discharge. 87 Malkan continued to teach at the Law School. 88
42. After Malkans Directorship was terminated, Mutua then appointed another faculty member, George Kannar, to evaluate and rethink the Legal Research and Writing Program with input from faculty and to determine how to rebuild the program. 89 Mutua decided to create a new, professional program with a new cadre of instructors who would be employed after a national competitive search. 90 Thus, Mutua issued letters of non-renewal to each Legal Research and Writing Instructor. 91 On August 28, 2008, he issued such a letter to Malkan. 92
(Tab C: Mutua Dep. 69-71.) 43. Malkans non-renewal letter provided: As you know, the Law School has terminated the Research and Writing Program such as it was and under which you were hired as Director and Clinical Professor and is replacing it with the Skills Program to be headed by a tenured faculty member. The position of Director of Research and Writing does not now exist. As a result of these changes, I have given non-renewal notices to all the instructors in the defunct program. 93 (Tab H: Defendants Ex. 17.) It goes on: I have carefully reviewed the October 19, 2006 letter of appointment issued to you by former Dean Nils R. Olsen. . . . The official interpretation of ABA Rule 405 states that a clinical professor may be terminated only for good cause, including termination or material modification of the entire 87 Id. at 60; Malkan Tr. at 96. 88 Matua Tr. at 68. 89 Id. at 69. 90 Id. 91 Id. at 69-70. 92 A copy of Malkans non-renewal letter is attached as Exhibit V. 93 Id. 14
Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 14 of 18 clinical program. 94 The letter also explained that Malkans five-year contract is not permitted under SUNY Board of Trustees Policies. 95 The letter further provided that: This official notice of non renewal can be modified only by explicit withdrawal of it and concurrent notice of further appointment at this University by the President of the University. 96 Malkan never asked the President of the University to reverse the non-renewal. 97
44. Mutua testified that he viewed Malkans contract as null and void because it was written in an attempt to evade SUNY policy in that it was indefinitely renewable and essentially gave Malkan tenure. 98
45. Following his non-renewal, Malkan took several steps to reverse the decision. 99 He sent a letter to the entire faculty alleging that Mutua was violating faculty by-laws, he spoke to several faculty members, and he went to his Union for advice. 100 Malkan also attempted to speak with Mutua regarding his dismissal at a meeting of the Academic Policy and Planning Committee meeting. 101
46. Malkan also pursued several additional avenues of redress regarding the non-renewal of his term appointment: 1) he prompted his union to file an improper practice charge under his union contract; 2) he filed a claim for breach of contract in the N.Y. Court of Claims; and, 3) he filed a grievance with the Law Schools Grievance Committee. 102
94 Id. 95 Id. 96 Id. 97 Malkan Tr. at 100. 98 Matua Tr. at 108-112, 125-126. 99 Malkan Tr. at 100. 100 Id. 101 Id. 102 The details regarding these additional avenues of redress are more fully explained in Defendant Ewings Statement of Undisputed Facts at 42-59. 15
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ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN Attorney General of the State of New York Attorney for Defendants BY: s/David J. Sleight DAVID J . SLEIGHT Assistant Attorney General of Counsel Main Place Tower, Suite 300 Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 852-6274 David.Sleight@ag.ny.gov
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I hereby certify that on J une 7, 2014, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the District Court using its CM/ECF system, which would then electronically notify the following CM/ECF participants on this case:
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DATED: Buffalo, New York J une 6, 2014
17 Case 1:12-cv-00236-RJA-HKS Document 56 Filed 06/07/14 Page 17 of 18 ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN New York State Attorney General BY: S/David J . Sleight DAVID J . SLEIGHT Assistant Attorney General Of Counsel Main Place Towers 350 Main Street-Suite 300A Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 852-6274 david.sleight@ag.ny.gov
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