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Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel
Loaded on Oct. 3, 2016
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2016, page 46
Filed under:
Appointment of Counsel,
Court Access,
Prisoner Legal Assistance.
Locations:
Illinois,
United States of America.
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that denied appointment of counsel to a prisoner because he received legal help from another prisoner.
Ladell Henderson had a fifth grade education and had been diagnosed with a low IQ when he filed suit against prison ...
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- U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons, by Christopher Zoukis
- Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms, by David Reutter
- Supreme Court: Sixth Amendment Prevents Pretrial Seizure of Untainted Assets, by Derek Gilna
- New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years
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- Merger of Prisoner Transport Companies Delayed after Objections Filed, by Derek Gilna
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- U.S. Office of Special Counsel Assists BOP Whistleblowers, by Derek Gilna
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- Eleventh Circuit Upholds Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Following Remand from Supreme Court
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