Legal Opinion
Waclaw Skoczylas v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1992No. 91-4044PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The district court dismissed Waclaw Skoczylas’s Title VII suit against his former government employer on the ground that Skoczylas had named the wrong defendant. Because the defendant had not received notice prior to the expiration of the limitations period, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in effect at the time did not permit him to amend his complaint to change the name of the party being sued. During the pendency of this appeal, however, the Rules have been amended to permit Skoczylas to amend his complaint, naming the proper party. Since we find that the Supreme…
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