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Court May Not Force Attorneys to Represent Indigent Litigants

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Attorneys, Appointment of Counsel. Location: Iowa.

The U.S. Supreme Court held that an attorney could not be forced by the
court to represent indigent prisoners. Petitioner, an attorney, was
appointed by a magistrate to represent indigent prisoners in their § 1983
action against prison officials. Newly licensed, Petitioner asserted that
he lacked the necessary experience to ...

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