QUESTION
Can someone sue an inmate/someone who is in jail in the state of Iowa? (Have a civil suit against an inmate?) What can that inmate do?
Asked on Apr 20th, 2018 on Civil Litigation - Iowa
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My brother in in the Iowa Correctional Facility and just received a notice of a civil suit against him and that he has 20 days to respond. Someone told me that that’s against the law as he’s in jail, but want to verify if that’s true or if he needs to do something before the 20 days.
1 ANSWER
i am not an Iowa attorney, and it is possible that the law is differernt there, but I have never heard of any rule that a person in jail cannot be sued (although it is difficult to serve them).
Answered on Apr 23rd, 2018 at 11:29 AM