Smith-Bey v. Petsock

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1984-08-23

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OPINION OF THE COURT MARIS, Circuit Judge. Robert Smith-Bey, a prisoner in the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, appeals from the district court’s order of November 8, 1983 denying him court-appointed counsel. Proceeding pro se, Smith-Bey filed a civil rights complaint in the district court against various officers and employees of the Pittsburgh prison and the Co…

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