Perspective
May 29, 2010
Indigent Prisoners' Rights To Counsel in Civil Matters
Jamie Newbold of Riverside County Superior Court examines the right to civil appointment of counsel.
It is common knowledge that indigent criminal defendants are entitled to representation and appointment of counsel since the seminal case of Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) 372 U.S. 335. But can the same be said for incarcerated civil indigent litigants?
Indigent prisoners who are defendants in bona fide civil actions threatening their personal or property interests have a federal and state constitutional right, a...
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