Ticonderoga Farms, Inc. v. Loudoun County

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• holding that even if defendants knew or should have known that the plaintiff intended to sue them, plaintiff “failed to establish that his lack of knowledge of* their identities was due to a ‘mistake’ as the Rule requires.”
• declining to apply equitable tolling where the plaintiff “had the tools at hand, once he filed suit, to pry that information [i.e., the defendants’ identities] out of the company” but “neglected even to try to pick up those tools until the last minute.”
• lack of knowledge of a defendant's identity does not constitute a “mistake” within the meaning of the Rule 15(c)(1)(C)(ii)
• “The Sixth Circuit treats naming a specific individual in place of a John Doe as joinder of a new party.” (citation omitted)
• lack of knowledge of a defendant’s identity does not constitute a “mistake” within the meaning of the Rule 15(c)(1)(C)(ii)
• “The Sixth Circuit treats naming a specific individual in place of a John Doe as joinder of a new party.” (citation omitted)

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