Flores v. Procunier’s Empirical Analysis
745 F.2d 338 · 1984
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently August 2020
6 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · McCarthy v. Manson · White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Gribble v. Harris · Ad Weiss Lithograph Company Inc v. Illinois Adhesive Products Company
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) Clerical Mistakes. Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders or other parts of the record and errors therein arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time of its own initiative or on the motion of any party and after such notice, if any, as the court orders. During the pendency of an appeal, such mistakes may be so corrected before the appeal is docketed in the appellate court, and thereafter while the appeal is pending may be so corrected with leave of the appellate court. (b) Mistakes; Inadvertence; Excusable Neglect; Newly Discovered Evidence; Fraud, etc. On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Rule 59(b); (3) fraud (whether heretofore denominated intrinsic or extrinsic), misrepre sentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party; (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated, or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application; or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment. The motion shall be made within a reasonable time, and for reasons (1), (2), ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The time limit fixed by Rule 59(e) is jurisdictional: it may not be extended by waiver of the parties or rule of the district court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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