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Dismissal not Appropriate for Unintentional Delay

Loaded on July 15, 1993 published in Prison Legal News July, 1993, page 8
Filed under: Medication, Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Venue, Federal Tort Claims Act. Location: North Dakota.
David Sterling is a BOP prisoner. He filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) in district court in California claiming prison officials at Leavenworth, Kansas, negligently prescribed medication which caused him severe stomach and auditory pain. After he filed suit he was moved to a North Dakota prison. ...

 

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