Gomez v. Vernon

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2001-07-10

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McKEOWN, Circuit Judge: This case exemplifies antagonism toward prisoner litigation at the cost of constitutional rights and legal ethics. While all may be fair in war, 1 such is not the case in the judicial arena — the courtroom is not a battlefield. After a nineteen-day trial, the district court, Magistrate Judge Boyle presiding, found that the Idaho Department of Corrections, two of its penal i…

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