Legal Opinion
Kowalczyk v. Gilroy
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 25, 1998No. CV 97-2299(ADS)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
The pro se plaintiff, Chester Kowalezyk (“Kowalezyk” or the “plaintiff’), raises claims of malpractice against his former criminal defense attorney, Felix T. Gilroy, Esq. (“Gilroy” or the “defendant”) under the Court’s diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Presently before the Court is Gilroy’s motion for dismissal of the complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Procedural History
On January 22,1990, the plaintiff, who was tried under an eight…
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