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Test for Appointed Counsel on 1983 Suits

Test For Appointed Counsel On 1983 Suits

A court considering an indigent prison inmate's request for appointed counsel to aid him in pursuing a civil rights action under 42 USC 1983 should consider, as a threshold matter, how hard the prisoner has already tried to retain an attorney to represent ...

 

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