Leslie Moore Mira v. John Kingston, et al.

Pro se litigants annually account for at least 50 percent of. all appeals filed in US Courts of Appeals, according to US Courts' judicial data. Questions presented: C Whether courts are improperly curbing liberal construction of self-represented litigants' •filings and impeding in error pro se's from amending complaints. 2. Whether the Second Circuit prematurely and erroneously deemed a pro se litigant's request to amend a complaint "futile" when material facts and allegations were yet to be introduced and others were not recognized by the district court; and whether it denied due process by foreclosing opportunity to amend.