Amador Rivera v. I. Michael Heyman, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, Luis A. Palau and Edward G. Dolan

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• holding that “state law discrimination claims” were properly dismissed in action by federal employee and citing Brown
• holding that federal employees have no remedy for employment discrimination under the ADA
• noting that to have an action anywhere, an employee of the Smithsonian must have a remedy under the provision waiving sovereign immunity
• holding the plaintiff’s “sole claim for discrimination on the basis of disability is under the Rehabilitation Act, if anywhere.”
• explaining that a federal government employee’s “sole claim for discrimination on the basis of disability is under the Rehabilitation Act, if anywhere”
• explaining that the Westfall Act “applies only to tort claims, not to discrimination claims under the [New York State and New York City] Human Rights Laws”

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