Marinoff v. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, No. 1096

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
Writing for the CourtPER CURIAM
Citation78 F.3d 64
PartiesRoslyn C. MARINOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellee. ocket 95-6097.
Docket NumberNo. 1096,D
Decision Date08 March 1996

Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kimba Wood, Judge ) dismissing appellant's complaint filed pursuant to the Fair Housing Amendments Act ("FHA"), 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. Appellant claims that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") failed to investigate her administrative complaint alleging racial discrimination in a federally assisted urban renewal housing project. We affirm and adopt the opinion of the district court and the magistrate judge concluding that the FHA provides no basis for a private right of action against HUD and that HUD's dismissal of the complaint is not reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Roslyn C. Marinoff, New York City, pro se.

Lorraine S. Novinski, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York City (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney; Steven M. Haber, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, MESKILL, and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Roslyn Marinoff, pro se, filed an administrative complaint with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") in December 1991 pursuant to the Fair Housing Amendments Act ("FHA"), 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., alleging racial discrimination and retaliation at the housing project in which she lives. HUD closed her complaint in March 1992, because Marinoff had "failed to identify a discriminatory act which has occurred within one year of the filing date."

In December 1993, Marinoff filed the complaint underlying the instant appeal, claiming that HUD had failed to properly investigate her allegations. On September 19, 1994, Magistrate Judge Roberts recommended dismissal of Marinoff's claim because it failed to state a cause of action under the FHA and because HUD's dismissal was nonreviewable administrative action under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 704. Judge Wood adopted Magistrate Judge Roberts's Report and Recommendation in its entirety, as do we, and we affirm for the reasons stated in the published Opinion and Order that includes the magistrate's report. See Marinoff v. HUD, 892 F.Supp. 493 (S.D....

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    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of New York
    • 15 Febrero 2012
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    • United States District Courts. 2nd Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of New York)
    • 15 Febrero 2012
    ...197, 202-03 (D.D.C. 1997) (same); Marinoff v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. and Urban Dev., 892 F. Supp. 493, 496 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) (same), aff'd, 78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996); Pleune v. Pierce, 697 F. Supp. 113, 119 (E.D.N.Y. 1988) (same). However, in the instant case, the Plaintiffs seek relief against ......
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    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (10th Circuit)
    • 16 Marzo 2017
    ...occur,' 42 U.S.C. § 3610(g), I find that plaintiff has a reasonable alternative and therefore review under APA is not available."), aff'd, 78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996); see also, e.g., Marlow v. U.S. Dep't of Educ, 820 F.2d 581, 583 n.3 (2d Cir. 1987) ("We also note that the APA further restri......
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    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • 2 Diciembre 2015
    ...no express right of action pursuant to the FHA." Marinoff v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 892 F. Supp. 493, 496 (S.D.N.Y. 1995), aff'd 78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996) (per curiam) (adopting the reasoning of the district court's opinion and the magistrate judge's report and recommendation "in......
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    • 15 Febrero 2012
    ...F.Supp. 197, 202–03 (D.D.C.1997) (same); Marinoff v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. and Urban Dev., 892 F.Supp. 493, 496 (S.D.N.Y.1995) (same), affd,78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir.1996); Pleune v. Pierce, 697 F.Supp. 113, 119 (E.D.N.Y.1988) (same). However, in the instant case, the Plaintiffs seek relief against ......
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    ...197, 202-03 (D.D.C. 1997) (same); Marinoff v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. and Urban Dev., 892 F. Supp. 493, 496 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) (same), aff'd, 78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996); Pleune v. Pierce, 697 F. Supp. 113, 119 (E.D.N.Y. 1988) (same). However, in the instant case, the Plaintiffs seek relief against ......
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    ...occur,' 42 U.S.C. § 3610(g), I find that plaintiff has a reasonable alternative and therefore review under APA is not available."), aff'd, 78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996); see also, e.g., Marlow v. U.S. Dep't of Educ, 820 F.2d 581, 583 n.3 (2d Cir. 1987) ("We also note that the APA further restri......
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    ...no express right of action pursuant to the FHA." Marinoff v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev., 892 F. Supp. 493, 496 (S.D.N.Y. 1995), aff'd 78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996) (per curiam) (adopting the reasoning of the district court's opinion and the magistrate judge's report and recommendation "in......
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  • Disparate Limbo: How Administrative Law Erased Antidiscrimination.
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    ...the plaintiff's APA claim because the "plaintiff has a reasonable alternative and therefore review under APA is not available"), aff'd, 78 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 1996). That said, in the housing context, some courts have been more friendly to civil rights, and have distinguished the setting from ......

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