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· 6/5/1995

Jason Billman v. Indiana Department of Corrections

Citations

  • 56 F.3d 785
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 13696
  • 1995 WL 329725

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a plaintiff’s “initial inability to identify the injurers is not by itself a proper ground for the dismissal of the suit”
  • holding that a plaintiff's \initial inability to identify the injurers is not by itself a proper ground for the dismissal of the suit\
  • holding that a prison inmate was entitled to discovery when his conditions of confinement rendered it difficult, if not impossible, for him to identify the alleged tortfeasor prior to suit
  • holding that a plaintiff’s “initial inability to identify the injurers is not by itself a proper ground for the dismissal of the suit”
  • holding that a plaintiff's \initial inability to identify the injurers is not by itself a proper ground for the dismissal of the suit\
  • holding that when a pro se plaintiff is attempting to identify defendants, the district court should assist him in investigating

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Judges: Posner, Cummings, Bauer

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