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Second Circuit Rules on Appointment of Counsel
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1998, page 22
The court of appeals for the second circuit held that a district court abused its discretion by denying a pro se prisoner's motion to appoint counsel under a local court rule that conditioned such appointment on the prisoner's claim surviving a motion for summary judgment. Burnell Hendricks, a New York …
Filed under:
Retaliation for Filing Grievances,
Retaliatory Transfers,
Appointment of Counsel,
Civil Procedure,
Summary Judgment,
Discovery,
Local Rules.
Location:
New York.
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