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· 12/2/1992

Wilma Becky Cash v. Jefferson Associates, Inc.

Citations

  • 978 F.2d 217
  • 978 F.3d 217
  • 24 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 405
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 31571
  • 60 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,923
  • 60 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 645
  • 1992 WL 331491

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that new allegation asserted in response to dismissal motion should have been treated as a motion to amend
  • deciding that a response to a motion to dismiss in which plaintiff first alleged that she had been willfully discriminated against should be treated as a motion to amend
  • “When a pro se plaintiff raises a new claim for the first time in response to a motion to dismiss, the district court should construe the new claim as a motion to amend the complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a).”

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Judges: Garza, Garwood, Rosenthal

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