Teresa Zerilli-Edelglass v. New York City Transit Authority and Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority

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• holding that an argument not presented to the district court, even by a party proceeding pro se, is forfeited
• recognizing that equitable tolling is generally appropriate where a party filed a defective pleading in a timely fashion
• holding that the district court must consider whether the person seeking application of the doctrine \has acted with reasonable diligence during the time period she seeks to have tolled\
• explaining that the “hearing packets would be located in [his] legal file at [his] current facility”
• holding that equitable tolling of the statute of limitations is “only appropriate in rare and exceptional circumstances, in which a party is prevented in some extraordinary way from exercising his rights,” and to obtain the benefit of equitable tolling, a plaintiff must show (1
• noting that equitable tolling is appropriate “where the plaintiff actively pursued judicial remedies but filed a defective pleading during the specified time period” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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