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Where appellant brought a pro se action against the owner of an apartment building, the appellant’s proposed amendments to her complaint would not have fixed the problems, and futility is a sufficient reason to deny leave to amend, so the ...

Tagged with: Dismissal Pro Se Action Proposed Amendments

Where appellant challenged the dismissal of her pro se action, there was no basis for reversal, but the dismissal of the state-law claims should be modified to be without prejudice, so the judgment is affirmed as modified. Judgment is affirmed ...

Tagged with: Dismissal Pro Se Action

(1)Where in a dispute arising from change orders to a construction contract, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling its motions for continuance and to amend, and the court properly entered judgment against the subcontractor for unjust ...

Tagged with: Prejudgment Interest unjust enrichment Voluntary Payment Doctrine

Where appellant challenged the adverse grant of summary judgment in his pro se Freedom of Information Act action, the district court did not err in dismissing the claims as duplicative of another pending litigation. Judgment is affirmed. Jordan v. U.S. ...

Tagged with: Freedom of Information Act Pending Litigation ‘Duplicative’ Claims

Where appellant challenged the adverse judgment in his action raising constitutional and state law claims, the district court properly found that the appellant failed to state claims for abuse of process, fraud, negligent misrepresentation or conspiracy, and the Fourth Amendment ...

Tagged with: Failure to State Claims Search Warrant Stalking

Where appellant did not timely appear in an ejectment action and the district court entered a default judgment based on a finding that he willfully refused to appear, the court did not abuse its discretion, and the default judgment was ...

Tagged with: Default Judgment Ejectment Action Failure To Appear

Where a man challenged the entry against him of a full order of protection, substantial evidence supported a finding that the man harassed his ex-wife, which constituted domestic violence, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. A.O. v. V.O. ...

Tagged with: domestic violence Order Of Protection Stalking

Where appellant challenged the denial of post-judgment relief, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying his Rule 60(b) motion. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Dotstry (MLW No. 74509/Case No. 19-2020 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, ...

Tagged with: Post-Judgment Relief Rule 60(b)

Where trustees of three employee benefit funds sued a corporation, its affiliates and an owner in a dispute regarding alleged breaches of the collective bargaining agreements, the trustees did not show that the affiliates served as the corporation’s alter ego ...

Tagged with: Collective Bargaining Agreements costs ERISA

Where appellants challenged the dismissal of their amended complaint in a diversity action, the dismissal was proper for the reasons cited by the district court. Judgment is affirmed. Lindberg v. Dimon (MLW No. 74507/Case No. 19-1883 – 2 pages) (U.S. ...

Tagged with: Dismissal diversity

Where a defendant challenged an adverse verdict in her pro se civil action, the challenge to the rulings regarding a surveillance video tape produced during pretrial discovery was meritless, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. Delima v. Walmart ...

Tagged with: discovery Surveillance Video