Okereh v. Winter

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: October 21, 2015
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2007-1552
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UJUCHRIS OKEREH, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) Civil Case No. 07-1552(RJL) V ) ) Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., Secretary ) F I L E D Department of the Navy, 3 OCT 2 1 2015 ) Clerk, US. District & Bankruptcy

Defendant: Courts forthe District of Columbia SUPPLEMENTAL STAT EiiMENT OF REASONS (October , 2015)

This case has a long procedural history and, for the sake of economy, I will recount only the relevant portions of the record. On November 14, 2014, our Circuit Court remanded this case for a statement of reasons for my denial of plaintiff Ujuchris Okereh’s (“plaintiff”) request for reconsideration of this Court’s Order dismissing his case. Order [Dkt. #41]. On March 25, 2015, I issued a Statement of Reasons substantiating my actions. See Stmt. of Reasons [Dkt. #42]. On September 2, 2015, after reviewing this Court’s submission, our Circuit Court once again remanded the case, this time for a supplemental statement of reasons “addressing appellant’s argument that two days’ notice for a pro se, out-of-state plaintiff was insufficient” notice of a scheduled hearing. Order [Dkt. #43]. In compliance with the Circuit Court’s order, the following is my Supplemental Statement of Reasons addressing the sufficiency of the notice given to

plaintiff in advance of the August 23, 2013 hearing.

Accordingly, for all the foregoing reasons, the Court submits that the notice

provided to plaintiff was sufficient and non-prejudicial.

United States 3 trict Judge