Legal Opinion
Gene Ham v. William French Smith
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 30, 1981No. 79-2167PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
In this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit, the district court granted summary judgment against a pro se plaintiff, recently released from prison, without first explaining the nature of the summary judgment motion to the plaintiff or fully considering whether the plaintiff had received adequate time to respond to the defendant’s motion. We conclude that the district court should have deferred disposition of the summary judgment motion pending further assurance that plaintiff had been accorded adequate time to respond and understood the risk attending failure to respond.…
3Cases cited6 opinions
- Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Mark A. Allen v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Wayne Hudson v. Kenneth L. HardyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Nathan Gardels v. Central Intelligence AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- John M. Coady v. Aguadilla Terminal Inc., and the Home Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
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4Cited by29 opinions
- Lee A. Rand v. James Rowland Nadim Khoury, M.D., William Bunnell Roy Lee Johnson Leo R. EstesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Lee A. Rand v. James Rowland Nadim Khoury, M.D. William Bunnell Roy Lee Johnson Leo R. EstesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Edward G. Eldridge v. Sherman BlockCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Harlan L. Jacobsen v. Richard FillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Jack Griffith v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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