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· 8/22/2008

Mapes v. Bishop

Citations

  • 541 F.3d 582
  • 2008 WL 3877824

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that pro se litigants must brief arguments in order to preserve them
  • providing that to preserve an issue for appeal, even pro se litigants must brief an argument
  • finding that a litigant’s claims are “effectively abandoned” when he fails to make the arguments in the body of his appellate brief
  • holding “even pro se litigants must brief arguments in order to preserve them”
  • “Although pro se briefs are afforded liberal construction, even pro se litigants must brief arguments in order to preserve them.” (citation omitted)
  • “Although pro se briefs are afforded liberal construction, even pro se litigants must brief arguments in order to preserve them.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: King, Higginbotham, Garza

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