Legal Opinion
Fredrick Walker v. Timothy Price
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2018No. 17-1345PublishedCited by 239 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, Circuit Judge.
*935 A litigant in a civil case has neither a statutory nor a constitutional right to counsel. He can, however, ask the court to recruit counsel to represent him on a pro bono basis. When the court receives such a request from an indigent plaintiff, it must determine whether the plaintiff has made a reasonable attempt to obtain counsel on his own and whether, given the difficulty of the case, the plaintiff is competent to litigate it himself. Pruitt v. Mote , 503 F.3d 647 , 649 (7th Cir. 2007) (en banc). If the answer to the first question is yes and the answer to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miguel Perez v. James FenoglioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Pruitt v. MoteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Santiago v. WallsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Ladell Henderson v. Parthasarathi GhoshCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- Joseph Wilborn v. David EaleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
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3Cited by239 opinions
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