· 12/23/2002
Bill Wayne Shepherd v. Billy Wellman
Citations
- 313 F.3d 963
- 54 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1299
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 26449
- 2002 WL 31854872
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that § 1654 “does not permit plaintiffs to appear pro se where interests other than their own are at stake”
- holding that a party “cannot proceed pro se with respect to [a decedent’s] § 1983 action [if] he is not the sole beneficiary of the decedent’s estate”
- holding that a pro se party may not prosecute a representative wrongful death action brought under section 1983, where the beneficiaries thereof included persons other than himself
- holding that a pro se party may not prosecute a representative wrongful death action brought under Section 1983, where the beneficiaries thereof included persons other than himself
- explaining that § 1654 does not permit plaintiffs to appear pro se where interests other than their own are at stake
- finding that pro se statute “does not permit plaintiffs to appear pro se where interests other than their own are at stake”
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Judges: Keith, Kennedy, Moore
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