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Untimely Jury Demand Must be Fairly Considered
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1998, page 20
Untimely Jury Demand Must Be Fairly Considered
Filed under:
Summary Judgment,
Juries,
Mental Health,
Involuntary Treatment/Drugging.
Location:
Indiana.
According to the Seventh Circuit, a district court must fairly consider a pro se prisoner's untimely request for jury trial. The court also held that the prisoner's failure to answer defendants' motion for summary judgment may have been caused by confusion on whether ...
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