Augustina Mokwenyei v. Rhode Island Hospital

Chief Justice Suttell, for the Court.

This appeal presents the issue of whether a plaintiff's request for a right-to-sue letter from the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (the commission) can be timely made only when submitted in the form requested by the commission. This case came before the Supreme Court pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issue raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. After considering the parties' written and oral submissions and reviewing the record, we conclude that cause has not been shown and that this case…