Legal Opinion

Austin v. Fischer

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 23, 2011No. 10-4008-prUnpublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUMMARY ORDER

Appellant Kenrick Austin pro se, appeals the district court’s judgment granting the Appellees’ Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.

“[W]e construe notices of appeal liberally, taking the parties’ intentions into account,” Shrader v. CSX Transp. Inc., 70 F.3d 255, 256 (2d Cir.1995), especially with respect to pro se litigants. See Phelps v. Kapnolas, 123 F.3d 91, 93 (2d Cir.1997). However, pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 3(c)(1)(B), a notice of…

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