Legal Opinion
Leslie Coleman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 8, 2019No. 17-51135PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
Leslie Latrice Coleman, proceeding pro se , raises numerous arguments challenging the district court's grant of summary judgment on some of her claims and the dismissal of her other claims brought against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
A central issue of her appeal is whether Federal Rule of Evidence 601 requires federal courts to apply state rules of witness qualification when determining the competency of expert witnesses to testify regarding medical malpractice claims that turn on questions of state substantive law. Consistent with the…
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