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· 5/24/2000

Federal Case

Citations

  • 213 F.3d 147

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that even notice by direct mail to the correct prison facility might be insufficient under some circumstances
  • stating that “nearly overwhelming authority exists for the proposition that there are no time limits with regards to a challenge to a void judgment”
  • finding that even notice by direct mail to the correct prison facility might be insufficient under some circumstances
  • If the Government “chooses to rely on less than actual notice, it bears the burden of demonstrating the existence of procedures that are reasonably calculated to ensure that [actual] notice will be given.”
  • \[W]e hold that laches is not available to preclude a claimant from attacking a void judgment.\
  • “[T]he entry of a default judgment without proper service of a complaint renders that judgment void.”

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