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Oklahoma Civil Action Timely
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2005, page 20
Under Mailbox Rule
Filed under:
Failure to Protect (General),
Summary Judgment,
Limitations,
Mail,
Mail Regulations.
Location:
Ohio.
The Oklahoma Court of Appeals held that the prison mailbox rule applies to prisoner filings of civil actions. It also held that the trial court violated District Court rule 13(f) when it ruled on a summary judgment motion without giving the prisoner time to file a response …
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