resubmitSchema = { 'ACDCServer':          self.ACDCCouchURL,
                           'ACDCDatabase':        self.ACDCCouchDB,
                           'OriginalRequestName': requestName,
                           'InitialTaskPath':     taskPath
                         }
        maker = retrieveRequestMaker('Resubmission')
        specificSchema = maker.schemaClass()
        specificSchema.update(resubmitSchema)
        specificSchema.reqMgrURL = url
        try:
            specificSchema.validate()
        except Exception, ex:
            self.postError(ex.message, str(ex), 400)

        request = maker(specificSchema)

        ## we'll need to have specific exception handling
        try:
            CheckIn.checkIn(request)
        except Exception, ex:
            self.postError("Problem checking in the request", str(ex), 500)