CELESTINE v. MOUNT VERNON HEALTH CENTER

No. 04-0839-CV.

403 F.3d 76 (2005)

Jeanina CELESTINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOUNT VERNON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER, United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Bloomfield, Bronx, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lara K. Eshkenazi, Assistant United States Attorney, for David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (David S. Jones, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: OAKES, CALABRESI, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff-Appellant Jeanina Celestine ("Celestine") began this action on September 3, 2002 by filing a summons in the New York State Supreme Court, Westchester County. In her summons, she indicated that she was seeking damages arising out of negligence and malpractice on the part of Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center ("Mount Vernon"), where she had been a patient. Celestine duly served notice of her summons...

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