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Fifth Circuit Affirms Appointment of Counsel For Indigent Prisoner

Loaded on April 15, 2009

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Appointment of Counsel. Location: Mississippi.

On May 7, 1980, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the appointment of counsel for an indigent prisoner alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated.

William Knighton, a Mississippi prisoner, sued Mississippi prison officials over disciplinary actions taken against him. Knighton’s pro se complaint was ...

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