Does a plaintiff have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in a civil rights action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Roberts v. Huckleberry, Case No.: 1:18-cv-01237 SAB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Plaintiff brings this action as a civil rights action under 1983. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action. Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th
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