No. 21-5716

Pecola Cousar v. New York-Presbyterian Queens

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights discovery district-court-discretion due-process pro-se-litigant procedural-error standing summary-judgment title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2021-10-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred and/or abused its discretion

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the district court error and/or abused its discretion by not affording the Petitioner leave to amend her complaint and instead granted the Respondent summary judgment without any consideration or regards to Petitioner's substantive rights under 281 U.S.C. § 2072 (b)? 2. Whether the district court error and/or abused its discretion by omitting the Petitioner's former Counsel of Record, James D. Hartt, Esq., who initiated the Title VIE civil action on April 13, 2016 in the U.S. District Court on behalf of the Petitioner who was not even Pro Se at the time, all of which was not mentioned in the memorandum & Order [USDC/EDNY 16-cv-1784 (MLK)(LB) Doc. No. 104]. 3. Whether the district court error and/or abused its discretion by stating in its memorandum & order [USDC/EDNY 16-cv-1784 (MLK)(LB) Doc. No. 104] "Plaintiff ... [was] proceeding prose..." commenced the above-caption action on April 13, 2016, when Petitioner’s former Counsel of Record, commenced the action on behalf of the Petitioner? 4. Whether the district court error and/or abused its discretion by not permitting Petitioner liberal discovery. 5. Whether the district court error and/or abused its discretion by ignoring the | Petitioner's Affidavit of Request for Summary Judgment [USDC/EDNYDoc. No. 59]. LISTED OF PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN QUEENS i

Docket Entries

2021-10-18
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
2021-09-22
Waiver of right of respondent New York-Presbyterian Queens to respond filed.
2021-07-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 20, 2021)

Attorneys

New York-Presbyterian Queens
John Houston PopeEpstein Becker & Green, P.C., Respondent
John Houston PopeEpstein Becker & Green, P.C., Respondent
Pecola Cousar
Pecola Cousar — Petitioner
Pecola Cousar — Petitioner