· 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
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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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