Does a plaintiff have a constitutional right to counsel in a civil action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jones v. State, CASE NO. 11cv0142 LAB (NLS) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
The Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not extend to civil actions. Lassiter v. Dept of Soc. Servs., 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981); Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997) (no constitutional right to counsel in a 1983 action). A financially eligible plaintiff
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