Legal Opinion
United States Marshals Service v. Means
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1983No. 82-2489PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The significant question before us concerns the expenditure of federal funds for fees and expenses of witnesses subpoenaed by indigent civil litigants. The United States brought an action against some forty Sioux Indians and others (the appellees) living in the Yellow Thunder Camp, claiming that the lands were being illegally occupied. The district court1 found that the Government had brought a number of experts to testify, and that certain witnesses were necessary for appellees’ defense to obviate dismissal for non-prosecution. It ordered the United States…
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