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See, Jennings v. New York State Off. of Mental Health, 786 F. Supp. 376, 385 (S.D.N.Y. 1992), aff'd, 977 F.2d 731 (2d Cir. 1992).
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See Jennings v. New York State Off. of Mental Health, 786 F.Supp. 376 , 382 & 384 (S.D.N.Y.1992), 13 *233 aff'd, 977 F.2d 731 (2d Cir.1992).
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See, e.g., Jennings v. New York State Office of Mental Health, 786 F.Supp. 376, 380 (S.D.N.Y.) (privacy-based BFOQ exists for position of treatment assistant at state hospital for the mentally ill, a position involving intimate personal care such as bathing and toileting), aff'd, 977 F.2d 731 (2nd Cir.1992) (per curiam); Fesel v. Masonic Home of Del., 447 F.Supp. 1346, 1351 (D.Del.1978) (privacy-based BFOQ exists for position of nurse at small retirement home, a position involving dressing and bathing elderly nursing home patients), aff 'd w’out opinion, 591 F.2d 1334 (3rd Cir.1979).
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Marion Jennings, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated
v.
New York State Office of Mental Health, and the New York State Department of Audit and Control
92-7386.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Oct 16, 1992.
977 F.2d 731
Published
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977 F.2d 731

60 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,836

Marion JENNINGS, Individually and on behalf of all other
persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, and the New York
State Department of Audit and Control, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 31, Docket 92-7386.

United States Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit.

Argued Oct. 8, 1992.
Decided Oct. 16, 1992.

Brian O'Donnell, Albany, N.Y. (Rowley, Forrest, O'Donnell & Hite, P.C., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Marilyn T. Trautfield, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. and Nancy Miller Lerner, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, PRATT, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

Plaintiffs are a class of Security Hospital Treatment Assistants (SHTAs) who are employed at the Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center (MHPC), a state-run facility for the mentally ill. Plaintiffs appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Gerard L. Goettel, Judge, in favor of defendants New York State Office of Mental Health and New York State Office of the State Comptroller.

2

Plaintiffs provide various services to the facility's residents, who are placed in wards according to their gender. Plaintiffs challenge an OMH policy that, in order to protect the patients' privacy, requires at least one of the SHTAs assigned to each ward to be the same gender as the patients on that ward. Plaintiffs claim that this gender-based assignment policy violates title VII, see 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., because it adversely affects their right to seek assignments to particular wards based on seniority.

3

When the parties cross-moved for summary judgment, Judge Goettel, in a thorough, carefully reasoned opinion, denied plaintiffs' motion, and granted defendants' motion. He determined that the defendants' gender-based policy was permissible as a bona fide occupational qualification under title VII.

4

We affirm the judgment of the district court for the reasons stated in Judge Goettel's opinion. See Jennings v. New York State Office of Mental Health, 786 F.Supp. 376 (S.D.N.Y.1992).