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Jury Trial May Require Plaintiffs' Presence
Loaded on July 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1997, page 18
The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that a district court erred in not allowing two pro se prisoner litigants to be present when their case went to a jury trial. The court also found error in the manner in which the trial was conducted. [Editors' Note: Anyone ...
Filed under:
Work,
Inability to Work,
Retaliatory Discipline,
Food,
Court Appearances,
Juries,
Witnesses,
Depositions.
Location:
Louisiana.
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