James O'COnnOr v. Jim Jones, Superintendent, Missouri Training Center for Men, Dr. Chung, FCC Medical, Avery Hutcheson, Sheriff of Mississippi County

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• concluding prisoner did not have standing to disquali fy private law firms hired as special assistant attorneys general
• noting that a party lacks standing to seek disqualification of another party’s lawyer, absent ethical concerns
• noting that “attorneys ‘requested’ to represent indigent litigants under [28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1)] may refuse such a request without discipline or sanction”
• “In cases where counsel is in violation of professional ethics, the court may act on motion of an aggrieved party or may act sua sponte to disqualify.”

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