Legal Opinion

Allen Hodge v. Police Officers: Colon, 623 and Repuerto, 145

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided September 29, 1986No. 5, Docket 84-2386PublishedCited by 1,688 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

This case presents the important question of what criteria to use in deciding whether to appoint counsel for indigent civil litigants pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Allen Hodge appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Mary Johnson Lowe, J., dismissing his civil rights complaint. Hodge argues the judge erred in refusing to appoint counsel to help him litigate his claim. Because we find that the district court did not properly exercise its discretion, we reverse and remand this case to the trial court.

I. Background

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