United States Marshals Service v. Means
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
We must decide whether the United States may be compelled to expend federal funds for fees and expenses of witnesses subpoenaed by indigent civil litigants in cases where the United States is a party. The United States brought an action against some forty individuals living in the Yellow Thunder Camp, claiming that they were illegally occupying land in the Black Hills National Forest. After the government presented its case at trial, the United States Marshals Service refused to subpoena the Yellow Thunder witnesses and to pay their fees and expenses. The…
Also in this document: Concurrence; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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