Appellate Practice
Jun. 9, 2006
Court Extends Habeas Deadline for Spanish-Speaking Inmate
Growing up with Spanish-speaking parents is no excuse to miss a deadline for filing court papers while locked up in a California prison, according to a federal appeals judge from Alaska.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Growing up with Spanish-speaking parents is no excuse to miss a deadline for filing court papers while locked up in a California prison, according to a federal appeals judge from Alaska.
But the Fairbanks judge was outvoted by two colleagues on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from Pasadena who said an inmate deserves a...
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