Ceara v. Deacon

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• concluding that the plaintiff's claims did not relate back under Rule 15(c)(1)(C) because the plaintiff was \ignorant\ and not \mistaken\ about the John Doe defendants' identities
• concluding that the plaintiffs claims did not relate back under Rule 15(c)(1)(C) because the plaintiff was “ignorant” and not “mistaken” about the John Doe defendants’ identities
• stating that the Court may consider “materials outside the complaint to the extent that they are consistent with the allegations in the complaint” for pro se litigants
• finding fair apprisal requirement met because “Plaintiff’s detailed description of the incident in the original Complaint provided sufficient information . . .”
• finding due diligence where the plaintiff “contacted an official to provide information about [the d]efendant’s full identity” (citation omitted)
• “[A] plaintiff may not designate a party as ‘John Doe’ under § 1024 if he has actual knowledge of the party’s identity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boston v. Suffolk Cnty.
  E.D. New York· 2018-01-09· cited 20×
• Doe v. New York
  E.D. New York· 2015-03-16· cited 10×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Walker v. Schult
  Second Circuit· 2013-05-23· cited 3,078×
• Ruotolo v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2008-02-06· cited 1,344×
• Jose Valentin v. David Dinkins, Nyc Police Commissioner, Mario Cuomo, Donovan, Nyc Police Officer
  Second Circuit· 1997-08-05· cited 1,163×
• Hogan v. Fischer
  Second Circuit· 2013-12-20· cited 812×
• Leonard F. v. Israel Discount Bank of New York, and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Second Circuit· 1999-12-08· cited 746×
• Shomo v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2009-09-02· cited 644×
• Staehr v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2008-11-17· cited 605×
• Lepore v. Town of Greenburgh
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-09-10· cited 260×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1993-09-27· cited 217×
• Jackson v. Onondaga County
  N.D. New York· 2008-03-20· cited 140×
• Gonzalez v. Caballero
  S.D. New York· 2008-08-27· cited 69×
• Mosdos Chofetz Chaim, Inc. v. RBS Citizens, N.A.
  S.D. New York· 2014-03-30· cited 44×
• Wang v. Palmisano
  S.D. New York· 2014-09-30· cited 27×
• Temple v. New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2011-11-15· cited 24×
• Justin v. Orshan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-01-10· cited 17×
• Rodriguez v. McGinnis
  S.D. New York· 1998-03-30· cited 15×
• First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Souto
  Civil Court of the City of New York· 1993-06-23· cited 8×
• Maurro v. Lederman
  New York Supreme Court· 2005-04-04· cited 4×