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Ohio Juvenile Wards Entitled to Attorneys to Pursue 1983 Actions
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2007, page 40
Filed under:
Appointment of Counsel,
Attorney Client,
Civil Procedure,
Standing,
Mootness.
Location:
Ohio.
by John E. Dannenberg
In an important denial-of-access-to-the-courts ruling, a U.S. District Court (S.D. Ohio) held that a juvenile ward who was denied access to the courts after suffering injury from an Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) guard was entitled to a state-provided attorney to pursue a 42 U.S.C. ...
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