Sahu v. Union Carbide Corp.

SACK, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to consider, at the threshold, whether we may exercise appellate jurisdiction over both of the district court’s orders disposing of the plaintiffs’ claims under the circumstances presented even though the plaintiffs’ notice of appeal specifies only one order that appears to resolve only one claim. We also consider the circumstances under which a district court may, sua sponte, convert a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) into a motion for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56.

We conclude that we have…