McCoy v. Kentucky & West Virginia Gas Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reminding that the “special solicitude afforded to pro se civil rights litigants does not give them license to violate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure[.]”
• finding good cause where Clerk of 8 Court did not send IFP Packet to plaintiff as ordered by the court
• dismissing deliberate indifference claim where, inter alia, the allegations were not specific as to the severity of the alleged injury
• finding two Vaher factors “coupled with [p]laintiff’s pro se status[] weigh[ed] strongly in favor of an extension”
• allowing pro se plaintiff a second chance to serve defendants properly when defendant had actual notice of claim and would not be prejudiced by extending time to serve
• allowing pro se plaintiff a second chance to serve defendants properly when defendant had actual notice of claim and would not be prejudiced by extending time to serve

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).