| Gay Man Sues
Stillwell Ready-Mix for Bias But Now Faces
Dismissal For Failure to Prosecute
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 13 – Michael Cortez, a
gay man, sued Stillwell
Ready-Mix and Building
Materials LLC for
discrimination and
harassment.
Cortez in his complaint says
he never came out until the
end, but that the company and
its owner Vito Gargano
"perceived him to be gay
because he was known to manage
a flower business and...
expressively uses his
hands." After
Cortez brought his boyfriend
to an office party, Gargano
fired him, the complaint says.
On
September 9, 2022, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein
held a proceeding. Inner City
Press covered it.
But Cortez
did not appear. The defense
counsel said that Cortez'
previous lawyer died in March.
Judge Hellerstein set a next
conference for October 21 at
10 am and ordered that if
neither Cortez nor a new
lawyer appear, it will be
grounds to dismiss for failure
to prosecute.
The case is
Cortez v. Stillwell Ready-Mix
and Building Materials, L.L.C.
et al., 20-cv-7775
(Hellerstein)
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