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· 4/28/1971

Theresa M. Bodnar v. Catherine Bodnar, Margaret Bodnar, Individually and as Administratrix of Theestate of Mary H. Bodnar, Deceased

Citations

  • 441 F.2d 1103
  • 14 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1501
  • 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 10492

How courts have described this case

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  • dismissing the plaintiff's case for failing to submit to a mental examination for the purpose of determining her competency to understand the nature and effect of litigation
  • dismissing the plaintiff's case for failing to submit to a mental examination for the purpose of determining her competency to understand the nature and effect of litigation
  • “Where there is a showing of a substantial question of competency, the Judge with protective restrictions can, in making that determination, require a medical examination.”
  • “[w]here there is a showing of a substantial question of competency, the Judge with protective restrictions can, in making that determination, require a medical examination. . . .”
  • a court “is not powerless to ascertain whether a litigant is competent.... Where there is a showing of a substantial question of competency, the Judge with protective restrictions can, in making that determination, require a medical examination”

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Judges: Brown, Ingraham, John, Per Curiam, Phillips

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