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plays a valuable role in alerting pro se litigants to the potentially

E.D.N.Y. Local Civil Rule 56.2

serious consequences of a motion for summary judgment, and to the requirements for opposing such a motion. The Committee recommends certain changes in the text of the notice required by the rule in order to make it more understandable to non-lawyers.
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