Legal Opinion
Billy Merritt v. Gordon H. Faulkner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 6, 1983No. 81-1136PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal primarily concerns the right to appointed counsel and the right to a jury trial of an indigent prisoner who seeks relief for the alleged deliberate indifference of prison officials to his serious medical problems. The district court denied the prisoner’s request for appointed counsel, as well as his motions for a jury trial, appointment of an independent medical expert, and enforcement of a subpoena. After trial, the district court found for the defendants. We find that the denials of the motions for appointed counsel and for a jury trial were abuses…
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