Legal Opinion
Robert Harris v. Frank J. Pate, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 1971No. 18718_1PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises three questions: (1) whether the complaint states a cause of action; (2) whether the district court properly refused to lend its assistance to plaintiff, a prison inmate, in obtaining affidavits in opposition to defendant’s motion for summary judgment; and (3) whether the court erred in refusing to grant plaintiff additional time which he required to obtain such affidavits before ruling on the motion. We think appellant’s first and third contentions have merit, but reject the second.
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Appellant is a prison inmate without funds to employ counsel.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Huey v. BarlogaDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1967
- Thomas Cooper, and v. Frank J. Pate, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, AndCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Talbot Jennings v. Fremont Nester, Edward Piotter, Larry Vodvarka, John S. Boyle, James A. Brown and John PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Hardy W. Ryland and Alma Odessa Ryland v. Alfred B. Shapiro, Edwin O. Ware and Edward E. Roberts, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Andrew Lee Jackson v. Raymond K. Procunier, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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