Kilgo v. Ricks

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding district court abused discretion in dismissing prisoner’s complaint for failure to follow local rules and update address
• indicating that appointment of counsel is warranted in a civil case involving complex or novel legal issues
• noting that a pro se litigant’s “psychiatric history” would be relevant
• explaining that the key consideration in determining whether to appoint counsel in a civil case “is whether the pro se litigant needs help in presenting the essential merits of his . . . position to the court”
• noting that civil litigants “have no absolute constitutional right to counsel”
• reversing dismissal under Rule 41(b) where the record did not support a finding of willful delay

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).