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Summary Judgment Notice Must Be Given by Court
Loaded on May 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1996, page 21
The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has reaffirmed that when a district court considers matters outside the pleadings in ruling on the sufficiency of a complaint it must give the plaintiff notice and allow the plaintiff an opportunity to respond. Webster Lucas, a California state prisoner, filed suit …
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