Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Diamond Pharmacy Services
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided December 15, 2023No. 4:21-cv-00063Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY OWENSBORO DIVISION JAMES HARRISON PLAINTIFF v. NO. 4:21-CV-63-BJB DIAMOND PHARMACY SERVICES, ET AL. DEFENDANTS * * * * * OPINION & ORDER I. What, if anything, constrains a trial judge’s authority to appoint counsel for an indigent pro se plaintiff heading toward a trial? Nothing in the Constitution expressly affords indigent civil litigants a right to court-appointed counsel. Lavado v. Keohane, 992 F.2d 601, 605–06 (6th Cir. 1993). Congress, however, has provided that judges may, in appropriate cases, ask pro bono counsel to represent…
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