John Rearden, Jr., Appointed Attorneys for Indigent Civil Litigants in Federal Court: The Illinois Experience, 94 Ill. B.J. 369 (2006) [available to ISBA Members here].

28 U.S.C. § 1915 (In forma pauperis proceedings):

• 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).
• Michael B. Mushlin, 3 Rights of Prisoners § 12:24 (3d ed.) (updated Dec. 2009).
• Kimberly A. Owens, Right to Counsel – The Third Circuit Delivers Indigent Civil Litigants from “Exceptional Circumstances, 39 Vill. L. Rev. 1163 (1994).
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, General Order No. 596: Plan for the Representation of Pro Se Litigants in Civil Cases (2011).
• 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).

42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5 (Title VII):

• Kenneth W. Biedzynski et al, 45C Am. Jur. 2d Job Discrimination § 2218 (database updated Feb. 2010).
• 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).
• 3 Emp. Discrim. Coord. Analysis of Federal Law § 125:1 (database updated May 2009).
• Susan M. Omilian & Jean P. Kamp, 1 Sex-Based Employment Discrimination § 12:5 (database updated Sept. 2009).
• 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).

50 App. U.S.C.A. § 521 (Protection of servicemembers against default judgments):

• 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).
• 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).

Bothwell v. Republic Tobacco Co., 912 F.Supp. 1221 (D. Neb. 1995).

U.S. v. Abregana, 574 F.Supp.2d 1123 (D. Haw. 2008) (concerning 18 U.S.C.A. § 4247 [Offenders with Mental Disease or Defect], and “hold[ing] that those facing civil commitment under the Adam Walsh Act are entitled to counsel and the right to counsel continues throughout their confinement”).

28 U.S.C. § 1915 (In forma pauperis proceedings):

• Agyeman v. Corrections Corp. of Am., 390 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2004).
• Brief of the ACLU as Amicus Curiae Supporting Appellants, Russell v. Dept of Ed., 377 Fed.Appx. 595 (9th Cir. 2010).
• Cleary v. Mukasey, 307 Fed.Appx. 963 (6th Cir. 2009).
• Edmonds v. DuPont deNemours & Co., 315 F.Supp. 523 (D. Kan.1970).
• 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.
• Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court for the S. Dist. of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296 (1989).
• Nelson v. Redfield Lithograph Printing, 728 F.2d 1003 (8th Cir. 1984).
• Pinson v. Will Cty. State’s Office, slip op, 2009 WL 1940786 (N.D. Ill. 2009).
• Pruitt v. Mote, 503 F.3d 647 (7th Cir. 2007).
• Rayes v. Johnson, 969 F.2d 700 (8th Cir. 1992).
• Santiago v. Walls, 2010 WL 1170654 (7th Cir. 2010).
• Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1991).
• Wallace v. Spin Spa, 2007 WL 3026681 (D. N.J. 2007).
• 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.

42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5 (Title VII) (“Upon application by the complainant and in such circumstances as the court may deem just, the court may appoint an attorney for such complainant and may authorize the commencement of the action without the payment of fees, costs, or security.”).

• Hosea v. Donley, No. 5:11–cv–02892 EJD, 2012 WL 5373406 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 30, 2012).
• Lee v. AT&T Corp., No. C 09–05614 RS, 2010 WL 2348683 (N.D. Cal. June 8, 2010).
• Poindexter v. FBI, 737 F.2d 1173 (D.C. Cir. 1984).