Smith v. Adamson

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• limitations on ability to file lawsuits, including prior court approval, did not totally deprive the litigant of meaningful access to the courts and was reasonable under the circumstances
• no abuse of discretion in dismissing the case with prejudice when defendant twice failed to attend her scheduled deposition, at least one of which was court-ordered
• no abuse of discretion in dismissing the case with prejudice when defendant twice failed to attend her scheduled deposition, at least one of which was court-ordered
• “motion to recuse . . . was properly denied without a hearing before another judge, since [the movant’s] supporting ‘affidavit,’ which was not signed or notarized, was in any case legally insufficient to give rise to reasonable doubts about [the judge’s] impartiality”

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