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considering affidavits submitted during a supplemental briefing phase in order to decide whether an injunction should issue regarding environmental harm
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Nos. 835, 836, Dockets 90-6222, 90-6258.
Argued January 7, 1991.
Decided January 8, 1991.
John D'Agnillo, Yonkers, N.Y., pro se.
D. Bruce La Pierre, Atty., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice (Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Otto Obermaier, U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., Michael Jay Singer, Atty., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, John W. Herold, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, Harold J. Rennett, Atty., Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for defendant-appellee U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Warren J. Bennia, New York City, for defendants-appellees Fair Housing Implementation Office of the City of Yonkers and its Director, Karen Hill.
Raymond P. Fitzpatrick, Birmingham, Ala. (Mason Fitzpatrick, Birmingham, Ala., Office of the Corp. Counsel, City of Yonkers, Yonkers, N.Y., of counsel; Thomas R. DeRosa, Edward G. Bailey, Craig B. Kravit, Beveridge Diamond, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Before KEARSE, WINTER, and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges.
Plaintiff pro se John D'Agnillo and defendant City of Yonkers, New York ("City"), appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles S. Haight, Jr., Judge, dismissing D'Agnillo's complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief to compel preparation by defendant United States Department of Housing and Urban Development of certain environmental impact statements, and to delay construction by the City of housing previously ordered as a remedy for housing discrimination in Yonkers, see, e.g., United States v. Yonkers Board of Education, 624 F.Supp. 1276 (1985) and 635 F.Supp. 1577 (1986), both aff'd, 837 F.2d 1181 (2d Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1055, 108 S.Ct. 2821, 100 L.Ed.2d 922 (1988).
We affirm the judgment of the district court denying declaratory and injunctive relief substantially for the reasons stated in Judge Haight's Memorandum Opinion and Order published at 738 F.Supp. 1454 (1990). The mandate shall issue forthwith.