Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Nov 17, 2017
The petition of the day is:
17-579
Issue: Whether a magistrate judge has the authority to dismiss a pro se plaintiff’s frivolous or meritless lawsuit when the plaintiff has consented to the magistrate’s authority under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1), but the defendant has not yet been served.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Labor and Industry Review Commission of Wisconsin v. Coleman
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Nov. 17, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/11/petition-of-the-day-1265/