No. 19-5040

Jennifer Lu v. Stanford University

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-procedure-amendment complaint-amendment dismissal district-court-procedure due-process judicial-guidance leave-to-amend legal-notice pleading pleading-deficiencies pro-se pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness
Key Terms:
DueProcess Takings
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether when granting a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must identify the complaint deficiencies so that the pro se litigant can use the opportunity to amend effectively

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED A district court granted a pro se litigant leave to amend her complaint without notice of complaint deficiencies. Unable to identify the deficiencies herself, the pro se litigant repeated previous errors and the district court denied her further leave to amend. The question presented is: , Whether when granting a pro se litigant leave to amend the complaint, a district court must identify the complaint deficiencies so that the pro se litigant can use the opportunity to amend effectively as held by the Second, Seventh, Eights, and Ninth Circuits. : ili ,

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-11-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-10-21
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent Stanford University to respond filed.
2019-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Jennifer Lu
Jennifer Lu — Petitioner
Jennifer Lu — Petitioner
Stanford University
Don WillenburgGordon & Rees, Respondent
Don WillenburgGordon & Rees, Respondent