Can a prisoner compel the attendance of a witness?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Daniels v. Biter, No. 2:11-cv-00282-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2012):
47. Cf. Cleavinger v. Saxner, 474 U.S. 193, 206 (1985) (noting in a prisoner civil rights case that, under the prison regulations, a prisoner had no right to compel the attendance of witnesses).
48. See Yarborough v. Alvarado, 541 U.S. 652, 664 (2004) ("The more general the rule, the more leeway courts have in reaching outcomes in case-by-case determinations").
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