Logan v. Winstead

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an inm ate had no abso lute right to have his civ il litigation stayed until his release or to be present for each stage of the case’s proceedings
• vacating a summary judgment dismissing a prisoner’s legal malpractice claim because the trial court had not considered or acted upon the prisoner's motion to hold the case in abeyance
• requiring the courts to weigh the competing interests of the prisoner’s ability to present proof and the burden on the judicial system and the defendant in continuing the prisoner’s action
• “Motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and other such pre-trial matters can be litigated by an inmate in custody.”
• “While the Sanjines case dealt with a plaintiff’s filing of simultaneous civil and post-conviction actions, its language makes clear that incarcerated plaintiffs do not have a constitutional right to a stay of their civil proceedings.”
• “Many suits can be adjudicated on the pleadings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).