Ninth Circuit· 6/25/2015

Michael Chess v. J. Dovey

Citations

790 F.3d 961
2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 10753
2015 WL 3894118

How courts have described this case

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

noting that an erroneous jury instruction is harmless if “it is more probable than not that the jury would have reached the same verdict had it been properly instructed” (citation omitted)
applying pointless formality test when appellant proceeded pro se and the district court was aware of potential objections
reviewing jury instructions de novo because, even though the instructions were not formally objected to by plaintiff, the district court had expressed misgivings about them before they were presented to the jury
reviewing jury instructions de novo because, even though the instructions were not formally objected to by plaintiff, the district court had expressed misgivings about them before they were presented to the jury
“[Sjecurity considerations are usually not present in medical care cases”
describing the “pointless formality” exception to the objection requirement

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Judges: Fletcher, Watford, Duffy

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