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Fugitive Disentitlement Rule

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the fugitive from justice rule does not mandate the automatic dismissal of a civil case under the fugitive rule.

In May 1987, James Perko, while confined at a Missouri State Penitentiary, brought suit under § 1983 for deliberate indifference to his serious ...

 

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