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Settlement of 1997 Suit Kills 2001 Suit Says Ninth Circuit

Loaded on March 15, 2011

Filed under: Skeletal Injury, Civil Procedure, Settlements, Complaints. Location: California.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s holding that a 2002 Settlement Agreement regarding a 1997 complaint also covered claims in a 2001 complaint.

Todd Ashker was confined in California’s Secured Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), when he fought with another prisoner and …

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