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Ninth Circuit Faults Mootness Dismissal, Denial of Counsel

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2011

Filed under: Attorneys, Appointment of Counsel, Mootness. Location: Idaho.

The ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the mootness dismissal of an Idaho prisoner’s conditions of confinement suit. The court also found that it was an abuse of discretion to dismiss without ruling on the prisoner’s request for appointment of counsel.

Idaho prisoner Maxwell Hoffman sued in federal court, challenging ...

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