Civil RTC News
This page lists all of the most recent developments on civil right to counsel across the country. These could be newly created rights to counsel, significant publications, public events, advocacy efforts, or other things that don’t fit into a neat category.
Right to Counsel
There is a right to counsel for persons subject to a detention order due to tuberculosis, but not for orders of quarantine or isolation.
Right to Counsel
There is only a right to counsel for a person isolated due to TB or subject to a compliance order due to a sexually transmitted infection.
Right to Counsel
There is a right to counsel only when committed due to tuberculosis. In other situations it is discretionary or not available.
Right to Counsel
There is a right to counsel for persons at an isolation hearing, appealing an order of isolation, or appealing an order of quarantine.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for a person with tuberculosis subject to an order of detention, but no right in other quarantine cases.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for people quarantined or isolated due to a bioterrorist or biohazardous event, and unclear for other situations.
Right to Counsel
There is a right to counsel for individuals and groups subject to a public health measure, but it is unclear if it extends to area quarantine.
Right to Counsel
There is a right to counsel for individuals or groups of individuals contesting an order of isolation or quarantine.
Right to counsel
There is a right to counsel for a person with tuberculosis in a judicial commitment hearing, but not for other quarantine or isolation orders.
Right to Counsel
There is a right to counsel for a person or group in a court proceeding for management, but not in area quarantine.
Right to counsel – Emancipation of minor to marry
If a minor seeks emancipation in order to marry, the court must appoint counsel to serve as guardian ad litem.
Right to counsel
The Nebraska Pandemic Bench Book suggests there is a due process right to counsel for quarantine/isolation.
