Topic: district courts should not allow inmates to flout the rules… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 35 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from James Owens v. Salvador Godinez.

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1 James Owens v. Salvador Godinez Anchor
ca7 · 2017
green “district courts should not allow inmates to flout the rules for joining claims and defendants...or to circumvent the prison litigation reform act's fee requirements by combining multiple lawsuits into a single complaint.” 19
2 UWM Student Association v. Michael Lovell
ca7 · 2018
green “the federal rules are broad, giving district courts considerable flexibility in managing and structuring civil litigation for fair and efficient resolution of complex disputes.” 12
3 Lee v. Cook County, Ill.
ca7 · 2011
green “the federal rules are broad, giving district courts considerable flexibility in managing and structuring civil litigation for fair and efficient resolution of complex disputes.” 4

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