Arthur Lewis v. Gordon H. Faulkner

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1982-08-25

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. This appeal raises a recurrent issue in prisoners’ civil rights litigation: the responsibility of the trial judge to advise a prisoner not represented by counsel of the consequences of failing to respond to a motion for summary judgment supported by affidavits. On April 8, 1980, the plaintiff, who is a prisoner at an Indiana state pri…

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