United States Second Circuit

Litigants who move for summary judgment against pro se litigants must provide the pro se party with notice of the requirements of Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or summary judgment will result in vacatur, no matter how meritorious, unless the movant shows that the pro se was aware of the rule's requirements.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/21/2001
• Decided 08/22/2001
• Published 08/22/2001

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before WALKER, Chief Judge, JACOBS, Circuit Judge, and LARIMER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carolyn Denise Irby, Pro Se, Cambria Heights, NY.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joyce Rachel Ellman,Office of the General Counsel, New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.