United States Second Circuit

Plaintiff's failure to respond to defendant's motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) does not automatically merit dismissal of the complaint, but a court may still dismiss it if the complaint fails to state a cause of action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2000
• Published 11/16/2000

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KEARSE, McLAUGHLIN, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Angel Herrera, Malone, N.Y., Plaintiff-Appellant pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y. (Nancy A. Spiegel, Assistant Solicitor General, Peter H. Schiff, Senior Counsel, Marlene O. Tuczinski, Assistant Solicitor General, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.