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Civil Rights: 42 U.S.C. §1983-Appellate Review-Failure to Provide Transcripts
Staff Report//March 20, 2020
Civil Rights: 42 U.S.C. §1983-Appellate Review-Failure to Provide Transcripts
Staff Report//March 20, 2020
Plaintiff appealed from the district court’s adverse grant of judgment in her §1983 claim.
Where plaintiff failed to provide a transcript of the district court proceedings, the court was precluded from meaningful appellate review.
Judgment is affirmed.
Sanders v. Chapman (MLW No. 74692/Case No. 18-2927 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Moody, J.
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