Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018
Closed Date: Nov. 7, 2018
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A pro se plaintiff brought this civil action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 12, 2018 against the Board of Directors of the Polish and Slavic Federal Credit. Plaintiff claimed that the Defendants violated his constitutional and statutory right to free speech and right to vote.
The complaint purported to bring a representative action on behalf of the members of the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, alleging that its directors used the members' funds “to defend their own positions” and have “expos[ed] [the] financial organization to enormous financial losses.” Plaintiff claimed that the directors misled investors, ignored court judgments, mismanaged the credit union, and unreasonably spent thousands of the members' dollars, including using those funds to litigate against the members in New York State court. The complaint also alleged that the Board of Directors threatened credit union member Jan Welenc with physical violence and that the National Credit Union Administration failed to adequately respond to the members' complaints or exercise control over the Board of Directors.
The plaintiff sought the return of funds expended by the Board of Directors in the above mentioned state court litigation and unspecified compensation for Jan Welenc’s injuries.
The action was first transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Court on October 31, 2018 and assigned to Judge Brian Mark Cogan.
On November 7, 2018, the Court held that the complaint did not describe any violations of the First or Fifteenth Amendments. Rather, plaintiff’s complaint pled facts to suggest that he intends to sue the directors of his federal credit union for mismanagement of its members' funds. The amended complaint was therefore dismissed and any leave to amend was denied as futile.
Summary Authors
(10/21/2024)
Mioduszewski v. Polish & Slavic Federal, Southern District of New York (None)
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Cogan, Brian Mark (New York)
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Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA) project
Key Dates
Filing Date: Oct. 12, 2018
Closing Date: Nov. 7, 2018
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
pro se plaintiff individual
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: Yes
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Private Entity/Person
Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union Board of Directors
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Case Details
Constitutional Clause(s):
Other Dockets:
Eastern District of New York 1:18-cv-06081
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Outcome
Prevailing Party: None Yet / None
Relief Granted:
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Amount Defendant Pays: 0
Order Duration: 2018 - 2018
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Voting:
Case Summary of Mioduszewski v. Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/44786/ (last updated 10/21/2024).