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· 10/29/1976

Kenil K. GOSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REVLON, INC. and Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary, USV Pharmaceutical Corporation, Defendants-Appellees

Citations

  • 548 F.2d 405
  • 22 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 440
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 6472
  • 12 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 11,230
  • 14 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 272

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that it would not be an abuse of discretion for district court to deny leave to amend where plaintiff offers “no reason for his extended and undue delay, other than ignorance of the law”
  • denying untimely motion to amend pleading where pro se litigant asserted ignorance of the law
  • leave to amend has been denied when “no reason for ... extended and undue delay, other than ignorance of the law,” has been advanced
  • ignorance of the law is “an insufficient basis for leave to amend”
  • “The appellant, in seeking to add myriad new claims, advances no reason for his extended and undue delay, other than ignorance of the law; such a failure has been held an insufficient basis for leave to amend.”

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Judges: Kaufman, Mansfield, Meskill, Per Curiam

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