Mike Hernandez v. George S. Whiting, and Jack H. Gang Santos Saldivar Larry Joe Holt William M. Slane

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• reversing and remanding district court’s dismissal of inmate’s civil rights lawsuit where he was unable to appear for proceedings and trial and no legitimate reasons were proffered by court or custodians for denying him the opportunity
• “[I]mprisonment suspends the plaintiff’s usual right to be personally present at judicial proceedings brought by himself or on his behalf.”
• an incarcerated civil litigant has 17 no constitutional entitlement to court-ordered counsel unless her case carries the risk of 18 affecting her physical liberty
• “[A] trial court may not lightly dismiss an incarcerated individual’s suit for failure to prosecute.”
• it is necessary for the court to consider methods of bringing [the party] 26 before the court, particularly when [the party’s] testimony is essential to his complaint

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