Legal Opinion
Mitchell Kopec v. Thomas A. Coughlin Iii, Dr. Raymond Broaddus, Robert W. Spence, Dr. Scheinfeld and F. Karcnik, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 2, 1991No. 655, Docket 90-7670PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Mitchell Kopec appeals from a judgment entered June 28, 1990, in the Southern District of New York, Whitman Knapp, District Judge, granting appellees’ Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss Kopec’s complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
On appeal, Kopec contends that the district court erred in converting appellees’ motion to dismiss into one for summary judgment without giving him notice and an opportunity to offer evidence to controvert that submitted by appellee Dr. Scheinfeld. Kopec also contends that his complaint is sufficient on…
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