Zoning Board of Adjustment v. DeBlasio

How later courts described this case

• concluding that "[n]o 'new evidence' resulted from the jurors' use of a magnifying glass to examine ... fingerprint cards and [a] gun"
• “[e]ven where the right to self-representation is clearly invoked, it must be done so in a timely manner, and courts will balance any such assertion against considerations of judicial delay”
• "[W]hen a state affords a full judicial mechanism with which to challenge the administrative decision in question, the state provides adequate procedural due process, ... whether or not the plaintiff avails himself or herself of the provided appeal mechanism."
• allegations of partisan political purposes for a zoning decision state a claim

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