Martin v. New York State Department of Correctional Services

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• multiple acts of discrimination are not a continuing violation absent a “constant stream” of similar, allegedly discriminatory conduct
• “Mere negligence does not amount to a breach of the duty of fair representation.”
• “While Martin is barred [by sovereign immunity] from recovering from DOCS, he is not barred from establishing that DOCS, through its agents, aided, abetted, incited, compelled or coerced Martin’s co-workers into harassing or retaliating against him.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).