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All Writs Act Limited
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1995, page 16
The seventh circuit court of appeals has given a narrow interpretation to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, by holding that a district court lacked the authority to order the Illinois DOC to transport a prisoner to a medical expert witness's office for an examination when the DOC …
Filed under:
Court Appearances,
Discovery,
Expert Witnesses,
Witnesses,
Federal Statutory Law,
All Writs Act,
Premises Liability.
Location:
Illinois.
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