The following excerpt is from Herlihy v. City of N.Y., 15-1358 (2nd Cir. 2016):
jurisdictional authority of this court.'" Id. (quoting Conway v. Vill. of Mount Kisco, N.Y., 750 F.2d 205, 211 (2d Cir. 1984)). Therefore, "'[a]s long as the pro se party's notice of appeal evinces an intent to appeal an order or judgment of the district court and appellee has not been prejudiced or misled by the notice, the notice's technical deficiencies will not bar appellate jurisdiction. " Id. (alteration in original) (quoting Grune, 913 F.2d at 43). Further, just recently we held that, "in the absence of prejudice to an appellee, we [must] read a pro se appellant's appeal from an order closing the case as constituting an appeal from all prior orders." Id.
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