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Dismissal for Failure to Amend Complaint Reversed
Loaded on July 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1995, page 11
The court of appeals for the second circuit has held that a pro se prisoner's complaint should not be dismissed for failure to file a clear and concise complaint, failing to comply with the pleading requirements of Federal Civil Procedure and for failing to submit to discovery. Noah Simmons filed …
Filed under:
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Civil Procedure,
Complaints,
Sanctions,
Depositions.
Location:
New York.
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