Filed: Sep. 06, 2019
Latest Update: Sep. 06, 2019
Summary: ORDER TO AMEND CASE CAPTION VICTOR A. BOLDEN , District Judge . Appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, effective January 9, 2019, Melissa McCaw is now the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the State of Connecticut. 1 Under Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, when a party in an official capacity resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office, while the action is pending, the officer's successor is automatically substituted as a party, regardless of the
Summary: ORDER TO AMEND CASE CAPTION VICTOR A. BOLDEN , District Judge . Appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, effective January 9, 2019, Melissa McCaw is now the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the State of Connecticut. 1 Under Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, when a party in an official capacity resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office, while the action is pending, the officer's successor is automatically substituted as a party, regardless of the ..
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ORDER TO AMEND CASE CAPTION
VICTOR A. BOLDEN, District Judge.
Appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, effective January 9, 2019, Melissa McCaw is now the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the State of Connecticut.1
Under Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, when a party in an official capacity resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office, while the action is pending, the officer's successor is automatically substituted as a party, regardless of the party's failure to so move or to amend the case caption. FED. R. CIV. P. 25(d). The Court also may also order the substitution of a party at any time. See Williams v. Annucci, 895 F.3d 180, 187 (2d Cir. 2018); Tanvir v. Tanzin, 894 F.3d 449, 459 n.7 (2d Cir. 2018).
The Clerk of the Court is respectfully directed to amend the docket and case caption to reflect that "Melissa McCaw, Secretary of Office of Policy and Management, State of Connecticut" has been automatically substituted for "Benjamin Barnes, Secretary of Office of Policy and Management, State of Connecticut."
SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. See Meet the Secretary, STATE OF CONN. OFFICE OF POLICY & MGMT., https://portal.ct.gov/OPM/Secr-General/General/Meet-the-Secretary (accessed Aug. 31, 2019); Press Release, Office of Governor Ned Lamont, Gov.-Elect Lamont Announces Ryan Drajewicz as Chief of Staff, Melissa McCaw as OPM Secretary (Dec. 4, 2018), https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2018/Gov-Elect-Lamont-Announces-Ryan-Drajewicz-as-Chief-of-Staff-and-Melissa-McCaw-as-OPM-Secretary.
