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Deference to Prison Officials Jury Instruction Improper in Medical Care Case

Loaded on Dec. 14, 2017

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Jury Instructions, Drug Treatment/Rehab. Location: California.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a prisoner’s civil rights action that made significant holdings in regards to jury instructions. First, it held that when a pro se litigant fails to object to a jury instruction, the instruction receives an ordinary standard of review. It further ...

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