Whether a federal district court's outright dismissal of a stayed action without having first lifted that stay, to permit ruling on plaintiffs pending motion to amend his pleading to substitute the proper party defendant, offends the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause by effectively denying plaintiff the right to redress his grievance via some effective legal procedure that includes notice and the opportunity to be heard

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a federal district court’s outright dismissal of a stayed action without having first lifted that stay, to permit ruling on plaintiffs pending motion to amend his pleading to substitute the proper party defendant, offends the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause by effectively denying plaintiff the right to redress his grievance via some effective legal procedure that includes notice and the opportunity to be heard. il STATEMENT OF