Civil Litigation,
Civil Rights,
California Supreme Court
May 20, 2019
State high court may consider if indigent prisoners are entitled to counsel for civil suits
The state Supreme Court is mulling whether to hear an appeal that could appreciably expand court access to indigent prisoners claiming they’ve been abused.
Robert Cooper of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
The state Supreme Court is mulling whether to hear an appeal that could expand court access to indigent prisoners claiming they've been abused.
The question the high court would weigh if it grants a newly-filed petition for review is at once straightforward and unsettled: Must courts appoint publicly-funded attorneys to certain inmate plaintiffs pressing civil rights claims?
The court has noted "ci...
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