Legal Opinion
Bennie Cooper v. A. Sargenti Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 1, 1989No. Docket 89-7031PublishedCited by 1,384 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a motion by the pro se plaintiff-appellant Bennie Cooper for appointment of appellate counsel, coupled with a motion by the defendant-appellee A. Sargenti Co., Inc. for dismissal of the appeal.
Although motions by indigents for appointment of appellate counsel are generally adjudicated in this court by conclusory endorsement, we write briefly on the subject to correct misunderstandings that may have arisen in the district courts of some of our earlier opinions concerning the related issue of appointment of trial counsel.
The Trial
The complaint alleged that plaintiff’s discharge from his…
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