Michael & Kathleen M. Ruotolo v. Internal Revenue Service

Plaintiffs-appellants Michael and Kathleen M. Ruotolo (the “Ruotolos”), pro se, appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Daly, J.), entered December 16,1993, granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The Ruotolos also appeal from the district court’s March 7, 1994 order denying their motion for reconsideration. We reverse, because the Ruotolos, pro se litigants, were not advised of the consequences of not timely responding to a motion for summary judgment before the district court granted the motion in defendant’s favor. We need not…