MADUAKOLAM v. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

No. 287, Docket 88-7543.

866 F.2d 53 (1989)

Mishael MADUAKOLAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, a private educational institution, Board of Trustees of Columbia University, Michael I. Sovern, President of the University, sued in his official capacity, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, Peter Likins, individually and officially as the former Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Robert A. Gross, individually and officially as Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Maciej P. Bieniek, individually and officially as Professor and former Chairman in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Morton B. Friedman, individually and officially as Professor and Chairman in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Masanobu Shinozuka, individually and as Chairman of the Doctoral Qualifying Examination Committee, Professors Gautam Dasgupta, Frank L. DiMaggio, Norris Stubbs and Rene B. Testa, individually and officially as professors in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mishael Maduakolam, New York City, pro se.

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges, and MUKASEY, District Judge.


ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Mishael Maduakolam, pro se, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Edelstein, J.), denying his motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) to vacate the prior dismissal of his case, and granting defendants-appellees' cross-motion for attorney's fees pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. In his complaint filed on September 10, 1982, plaintiff...

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