Kenney PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted a motion to quash six subpoenas in a racial discrimination, employment discrimination and hostile work environment case filed by a Black engineer at Temple University. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Chad F. Kenney issued a decision on Feb. 24, granting a motion from plaintiff Stephen Branch to quash the desired subpoenas, in an action he filed against defendants Temple University, Sean Ounan and Sharon Boyle. Branch, a Roving Engineer employed by Temple University for more than 15 years, says he was unjustly terminated on Jan. 29, 2020, after years of enduring discriminatory and disparate treatment because of his race, by defendant Ounan and other Caucasian engineering supervisors.