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· 8/7/2000

In Re Unsolicited Letters to Federal Judges

Citations

  • 120 F. Supp. 2d 1073
  • 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14626
  • 2000 WL 1474455

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining litigants may not simply write letters to the court requesting action in a case
  • explaining motions are utilized to seek judicial action and the Court does not have “license to serve as de facto counsel for a party” or to “become an advocate for the pro se litigant” in the face of deficient pleadings (citations omitted)
  • “[I]f a litigant seeks judicial action of any sort . . . it must be contained within a motion arising from a properly filed lawsuit.”
  • “Put another way, if a litigant seeks judicial action of any sort ..., 1t must be contained within a motion arising from a properly filed lawsuit.”
  • “Put another way, if a litigant seeks judicial action of any sort. . ., it must be contained within a motion arising from a properly filed lawsuit.”
  • “[I]f a litigant seeks judicial action of any sort . . . , it must be contained within a motion arising from a properly filed lawsuit.” (citations omitted)

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Judges: Edenfield

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