Bobby Ray Knight v. Monterey County, California
ARE THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (FRAP) TOO RESTRICTIVE OR INFLEXIBLE IN RESOLVING IMPEDIMENTS TO TIMELY LITIGANTS HAMPERED BY THE CONJUNCTIVE DISABILITIES OF
(1) MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
(2) MEDICAL HEALTH CRISES, AND
(3) INCARCERATION,
SPECIFICALLY REGARDING FRAP 31-22 (b);
(a) MEETING TIME SCHEDULE ORDERS; OR
(b) SEEKING EXTENSIONS OF TIME FOR FILING BRIEFS;
WITH NOTHING AVAILABLE REGARDING IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(a) and 6(b) are too restrictive or inflexible when resolving impediments to timely litigation, and whether timely extensions to file briefs should be available for litigants hampered by the substantive disabilities of (1) material health issues, (2) medical health crises, and (3) incarceration