Legal Opinion
McLeod v. the Jewish Guild for the Blind
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 19, 2017No. 15-2898-cvPublishedCited by 518 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant, Easter S. McLeod, appeals from a judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Pauley and Woods, JJ.). This appeal raises the question whether a pro se litigant forfeits her claims under New York state and local discrimination law where she has alleged facts supporting such claims, but fails to check a blank on a form complaint indicating that she wishes to bring them. We conclude that such a bright-line rule runs counter to our policy of liberally construing pro se submissions, and that McLeod’s complaint should have been…
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