Billy Merritt v. Gordon H. Faulkner

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1983-01-06

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SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge. This appeal primarily concerns the right to appointed counsel and the right to a jury trial of an indigent prisoner who seeks relief for the alleged deliberate indifference of prison officials to his serious medical problems. The district court denied the prisoner’s request for appointed counsel, as well as his motions for a jury trial, appointment of an independent medical expert, and enforcem…

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