Federal Law - Statutes With Right to Counsel Provisions
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8 U.S.C.A. § 1232 (unaccompanied children in federal custody, and child trafficking victims).
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18 U.S.C.A. § 983 (civil forfeiture proceedings).
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18 U.S.C.A § 3006A(a)(1)(F) (those facing "mental condition hearing" under Chapter 313).
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18 U.S.C.A. § 4247 (Offenders with Mental Disease or Defect – General provisions for chapter).
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U.S. v. Abregana, 574 F.Supp.2d 1123 (D. Hawaii 2008).
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25 U.S.C.A. § 1912 (Indian child welfare – pending custody proceedings).
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28 U.S.C. § 1875 (jurors fired by employers due to jury service).
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Martha Neil, Another Federal Judge Appoints Counsel for Man Claiming to Have Been Fired Over Jury Duty, ABA Journal (Feb. 22, 2012), available at http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/another_federal_judge_retains_counsel_for_man_who_says_he_was_fired_for_ser/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email.
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Martha Neil, Federal Court Appoints Lawyer to Sue Employer Who Allegedly Fired Woman on Jury Duty, ABA Journal (Feb. 13, 2012), available at http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal_court_appoints_lawyer_to_sue_employer_who_allegedly_fired_woman_for/.
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Example of order granting appointment of counsel at http://www.dailyherald.com/assets/pdf/DA106453222.pdf.
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28 U.S.C. § 1915 (In forma pauperis proceedings):
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Generally
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Richard B. Gallagher, Gary A. Hughes, Tim A. Thomas, & Dag E. Ytreberg, Annotation, Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Plaintiff, 15 Am. Jur. 2d Civil Rights § 131 (updated Sept. 2008).
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Michael B. Mushlin, 3 Rights of Prisoners § 12:24 (3d ed.) (updated Dec. 2009).
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Kimberly A. Owens, Right to Counsel - The Third Circuit Delivers Indigent Civil Litigants from "Exceptional Circumstances, 39 Vill. L. Rev. 1163 (1994).
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, General Order No. 596: Plan for the Representation of Pro Se Litigants in Civil Cases (2011), available at http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/uploads/Rules/General%20Orders/GO_596.pdf.
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James J. Vinch, Mallard v. United States District Court: Section 1915(d) and the Appointment of Counsel in Civil Cases, 51 Ohio St. L.J. 1001 (1990).
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Cases
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Agyeman v. Corrections Corp. of Am., 390 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2004).
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Brief of the ACLU as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellants, Russell v. Dept of Ed., 377 Fed.Appx. 595 (9th Cir. 2010).
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Cleary v. Mukasey, 307 Fed.Appx. 963 (6th Cir. 2009).
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Edmonds v. DuPont deNemours & Co., 315 F.Supp. 523 (D. Kan.1970).
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Fields v. Wilbur, 360 Fed.Appx. 843 (9th Cir. 2009), cert denied, 131 S.Ct. 141 (2010). The briefs for this case are on file with the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel.
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Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court for the S. Dist. of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296 (1989).
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Nelson v. Redfield Lithograph Printing, 728 F.2d 1003 (8th Cir. 1984).
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Pinson v. Will County State's Office, slip op, 2009 WL 1940786 (N.D. Ill. 2009).
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Pruitt v. Mote, 503 F.3d 647 (7th Cir. 2007).
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Rayes v. Johnson, 969 F.2d 700 (8th Cir. 1992).
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Santiago v. Walls, 2010 WL 1170654 (7th Cir. 2010).
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Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1991).
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Wallace v. Spin Spa, 2007 WL 3026681 (D. N.J. 2007).
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Wilson v. Johnson, 535 F.3d 262 (4th Cir. 2008), cert denied, 131 S.Ct. 71 (2010). The briefs for this case are on file with the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel.
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Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332 (9th Cir. 1990).
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28 U.S.C. § 2254 (habeas corpus).
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42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5 (Title VII).
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Cases
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Hosea v. Donley, 2012 WL 5373406 (N.D. Cal. 2012).
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Lee v. AT&T Corp., 2010 WL 2348683 (N.D. Cal. 2010).
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Poindexter v. FBI, 737 F.2d 1173 (D.C. Cir. 1984).
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Treatises
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American Jurisprudence, Second Edition, Factors Affecting Whether Counsel Will Be Appointed under Title VII or the Americans with Disabilities Act, 19 Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2181 (2015).
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Kenneth W. Biedzynski et al, 45C Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2218 (database updated Feb. 2010).
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Kenneth W. Biedzynski et al, 45C Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2219 (database updated March 2011).
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Janet Boeth Jones, Right of Complainant, Under 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5(f)(1), to Appointment of Attorney in Employment Discrimination Action, 75 A.L.R. Fed. 369 (1985).
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3 Emp. Discrim. Coord. Analysis of Federal Law § 125:1 (database updated May 2009).
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Susan M. Omilian & Jean P. Kamp, 1 Sex-Based Employment Discrimination § 12:5 (database updated Sept. 2009).
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42 U.S.C.A. § 3613 (Fair housing - enforcement by private persons).
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42 U.S.C.A. § 5106a(b)(2)(B)(viii) (GAL or atty for child in abuse/neglect proceeding).
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50 App. U.S.C.A. § 521 (Protection of servicemembers against default judgments).
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Matthew Besmer, Appointment Practice Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: The Duties of Court-Appointed Counsel, 43 Clearinghouse Rev. J. of Poverty L. and Pol'y 208 (2009), available with subscription at http://povertylaw.org/node/2306.
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Christine Zellar Church, The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence in Protection Order Cases Involving the Military, 12 T.M. Cooley J. Prac. & Clinical L. 335 (2010).