Legal Opinion

Soules v. Connecticut

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 8, 2018No. 17-52-cv; August term 2017PublishedCited by 138 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dennis Jacobs, Circuit Judge:

Gary Soules appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Bryant, J. ) dismissing his complaint sua sponte on the ground of res judicata. Soules' first lawsuit was dismissed. See Soules v. Connecticut, No. 3:14-CV-1045 (VLB), 2015 WL 5797014 (D. Conn. Sept. 30, 2015) (" Soules I"). The dismissal was affirmed in part and vacated in part (on grounds not relevant to this appeal) by summary order. See Soules v. Town of Oxford, 669 Fed.Appx. 54 (2d Cir. 2016). Soules brought the present case after the dismissal of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Geneva Butts v. The City of New York Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
  3. Alfano v. CostelloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
  4. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 90,266 Irene L. Wright, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Ernst & Young LLPCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
  5. Gina Williams v. New York City Housing Authority, Teamsters Local 237/i.b.t, Docket No. 04-2531-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006

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