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· 6/25/2001

Theodore Chester Kulas v. Jaime Flores

Citations

  • 255 F.3d 780
  • 2001 Daily Journal DAR 6491
  • 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5279
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 14206
  • 2001 WL 705153

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that a self- represented “plaintiff’s interest in remaining in the courtroom is entitled to less protection than a criminal defendant’s.”
  • holding that a pro se plaintiff waived any right to jury trial for failure to comply with the requirements of 22 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38(b)
  • “Since the trial judge bears the responsibility for maintaining order and the appellate court is limited to reviewing a cold record, we give substantial deference to the trial judge’s decisions about courtroom management.”
  • the right to a jury trial is a question of law reviewed de novo

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Schroeder, Nelson, Rawlinson

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