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Articles From Sabena Auyeung

Prisoner litigation in Illinois: A fine balance—Can the courts respect a prisoner’s right to sue while maintaining judicial efficiency? By Sabena Auyeung Bench and Bar, October 2015 Though Illinois has enacted the Frivolous Lawsuits Filed by Prisoners Act of 2008 to safeguard the court system against frivolous filings by inmates, its application and its effect remains undocumented, and one cannot determine with certainty that the Act has not prevented inmates from exercising their right to file a meritorious claim with the court system.
Partial Impartiality and Illinois Judicial disqualification: Problems, prospects, and possibilities By Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Sabena Auyeung, & Christos Dimoulis Bench and Bar, February 2013 While maintaining complete impartiality is an honorable pursuit, is it possible for judges to leave their life experiences and common sense “at the courtroom door”? Must personal perspectives, morals, and values be traded in for a black robe?
Jurors permitted to ask questions By Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr. & Sabena Auyeung Bench and Bar, July 2012 While trial judges in Illinois and other states have, in the past, allowed jurors to ask questions, Rule 243 and the accompanying revisions to the Pattern Jury Instructions Civil now provide a structure for trial judges in Illinois to allow juror questions if the parties agree.

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