No. 22-6799

Emeka Dominic Okongwu v. County of Erie, New York

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2023-02-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: amendment appellate-review civil-procedure complaint-amendment district-court due-process judicial-procedure reconsideration second-circuit standing summary-judgment
Latest Conference: 2023-04-14
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY AFFIRMING THE
DISTRICT COURT WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN REFUSING TO ALLOW THE
PETITIONER TO AMEND HIS COMPLAINT TO RAISE ISSUES THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY
RAISED BECAUSE THE FACTS SUPPORTING THE ISSUES WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE
PETITIONER?

2. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY AFFIRMING THE
DISTRICT COURT WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN VACATING ITS ORDER IN ORDER
TO ENTERTAIN PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUSLY ENTERED
ORDER?

3. DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY AFFIRMING
THE DISTERICT COURT WHEN IT ERRED IN GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the court of appeals err in affirming the district court's refusal to allow amendment of the complaint?

Docket Entries

2023-04-17
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-02-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 20, 2023)

Attorneys

Emeka D. Okongwu
Emeka Dominic Okongwu — Petitioner