One use of next friend status was in connection with many suits brought by detainees at Guantanamo Bay before the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
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Polly Berry ( then known as Polly Wash ) immediately filed suit on September 8, 1842 as a " next friend " of her daughter against David D . Mitchell.
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In one, a so-called next friend petition could be filed in Oklahoma, probably by a blood relative, arguing that Grasso was not competent to waive his right to an appeal.
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In 1825 Marguerite Scypion renewed her case and sued as a free woman of color, with Pierre Barribeau acting as " next friend " for legal standing in the freedom suit.
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In March 1907 several of Eddy's relatives filed an unsuccessful lawsuit, the " Next Friends suit, " against members of Eddy's household, alleging that she was unable to manage her own affairs.
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She was found to have agreed to share 25 % from the damages paid to the next friend of an 18-year-old traffic accident victim who suffered from permanent total loss of earning capacity.
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As a result, Dunham said on Wednesday, he will stay on the case at the father's behest as next friend, acting for the son and signing papers for him because he is inaccessible.
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Frank Dunham, a federal public defender in Virginia, had filed a petition challenging the detention of Hamdi as an enemy combatant and asked a federal court to grant him " next friend " status.
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Frank Dunham, a federal public defender in Virginia, had filed a petition challenging the detention of Yaser Hamdi as an enemy combatant and asked a federal court to grant him " next friend " status.
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Padilla's attorney, Donna Newman, claiming to act as his next friend and on his behalf, filed a petition for " habeas corpus " in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
