Is a plaintiff entitled to the appointment of counsel in a civil rights case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sands v. Arizona Dept. of Corrections, 909 F.2d 1489 (9th Cir. 1990):
There is no constitutional right to appointment of counsel in civil rights cases. Storseth v. Spellman, 654 F.2d 1349 (9th Cir.1980). 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915 confers on the court the discretion to appoint counsel to represent an indigent civil litigant. However, the court has limited the appointment to cases where exceptional circumstances are present.
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