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Prisoner Showed Good Cause for Extension of Time
Loaded on Oct. 10, 2017
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2017, page 54
Filed under:
Medication,
Failure to Treat,
Law Library Access/Adequacy,
Grievances.
Location:
Oklahoma.
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held a district court erred in denying a prisoner’s motion for extension of time to respond to a dispositive motion.
Oklahoma state prisoner Archie Rachel, 71, filed suit in federal court regarding his medical treatment at the James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC). …
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