Extra chance for expert evidence
Yeung v. Humphrey
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Kevin Yeung argued that the Fourteenth Amendment required a Georgia court to give an unrepresented civil litigant another chance to support expert reports before granting summary judgment in his case against Shannon Humphrey.
- Who it affects
- The refusal ended Yeung's request for Supreme Court review, but left his constitutional question undecided.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear the case (denied review), so it did not decide the constitutional question.
Yeung submitted sworn statements from custodians for two of the three reports after a hearing, but none from the third report's author. The Georgia appeals court found that he had not shown he requested more time to address the issue.
Yeung was representing himself in a civil case against Shannon Humphrey, and the dispute concerned whether expert reports had enough supporting evidence.
Question presented
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment required a state court to afford an unrepresented civil litigant a further opportunity to submit competent expert support before entering summary judgment, where the litigant had notice of evidentiary objections, filed post-hearing custodian affidavits concerning two of the three reports but no affidavit from the third author, the state appellate court found no demonstrated request for additional time to cure, and state law made supplementation discretionary?
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