Lorenzo Pledger v. Loretta Lynch

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• concluding that Federal Rules of Civil Procedure displace West Virginia’s certification requirement and deeming the latter inapplicable to claim under Federal Tort Claims Act
• concluding that Federal Rules of Civil Procedure displace West Virginia’s certification requirement and deeming the latter inapplicable to claim under Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”)
• holding that West Virginia’s certification requirement for medical negligence claims was inapplicable to the plaintiff’s FTCA claim in federal court
• explaining that the scope of liability is not altered by the certificate requirement because state law supplies the rules of decision
• finding that West Virginia law requiring plaintiffs bringing medical malpractice or negligence claims under FTCA to provide a certificate of merit conflicted with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• stating “the fundamental and uncontroversial point that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure generally govern all civil actions in federal court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Fourth Circuit· 2022-01-05· cited 41×
• Sandra Albright v. Carl Christensen
  Sixth Circuit· 2022-01-31· cited 32×
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  Third Circuit· 2023-08-21· cited 22×
• Brian Farabee v. Robert Gardella
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-03-11· cited 19×
• Jeffery Martin v. Pierce County
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-05-27· cited 14×
• Joann Ford v. Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-03-29· cited 8×
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  Fourth Circuit· 2023-02-03
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  Fourth Circuit· 2024-07-09
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  Fourth Circuit· 2025-08-05
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Cites

41 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Farmer v. Brennan
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 28,443×
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer
  Supreme Court· 1994-02-23· cited 4,884×
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 3,153×
• Hanna v. Plumer
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,853×
• Robert Louis Roseboro v. Sam P. Garrison, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Warden of Central Prison
  Fourth Circuit· 1975-10-15· cited 2,554×
• Samuel Jackson v. Joseph Lightsey
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-12-18· cited 2,007×
• Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko
  Supreme Court· 2001-11-27· cited 1,854×
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,834×
• Guaranty Trust Co. v. York
  Supreme Court· 1945-10-08· cited 1,766×
• Robin Chamberlain v. Vincent C. Giampapa, M.D., Individually and Dba Plastic Surgery Center Internationale
  Third Circuit· 2000-03-28· cited 921×
• Harrods Limited v. Sixty Internet Domain Names
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-08-23· cited 739×
• Dolan v. United States Postal Service
  Supreme Court· 2006-02-22· cited 655×
• Tafflin v. Levitt
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-19· cited 634×
• Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P.A. v. Allstate Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-31· cited 619×
• Ragan v. Merchants Transfer & Warehouse Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-20· cited 503×
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co.
  Supreme Court· 1951-02-26· cited 432×