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Shackled Litigant Denied Due Process
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1995, page 15
The court of appeals for the second circuit has reaffirmed that trial courts deny pro se litigants a fair trial when litigants are shackled before the Jury and no hearing on the need for restraints is held. Ronald Davidson is a New York state prisoner who sued prison officials for ...
Filed under:
Escapes,
Restraints,
Court Access,
Court Appearances,
Evidentiary Ruling,
Legal Mail.
Location:
New York.
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- IFP Dismissal Reversed
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- INS Deportation Hearings Required Prior to Release, by Boyd F Campbell
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