Jeffrey Olson v. Donald Morgan

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• finding that plaintiff was- capable of handling claims for deliberate indifference to his medical needs and safety
• holding no abuse of discretion in denying recruitment of counsel motion for medical indifference case when disputed issue was whether defendant knew of plaintiffs physical condition
• acknowledging that “some state-of-mind issues may involve subtle questions too complex for pro se litigants” but rejecting the proposition that “state-of-mind questions are categorically too difficult for pro se litigants”
• noting that summary judgment materials may be considered “so long as facts therein could later be presented in an admissible form” at trial
• noting that prisoner's “capable pleadings suggested that he was competent despite his mental- health problems”
• noting that prisoner’s “capable pleadings suggested that he was competent despite his mental-health problems”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).