Much Ado About Nothing: The Effect of the “Nullity Rule” on Purported Pro SE Litigants in Federal Court (Print Vol. 114 Issue 2)

Much Ado About Nothing: The Effect of the “Nullity Rule” on Purported Pro SE Litigants in Federal Court

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By: John T. Lambert

University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law student, John T. Lambert, calls for abolition of the nullity rule after examining the circuit split between the Eighth Circuit in Jones ex rel. Jones v. Correctional Medical Services and the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Ireiele v. Griffin.