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Seventh Circuit· 10/3/2007

Pruitt v. Mote

Citations

  • 503 F.3d 647
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 23109
  • 2007 WL 2850448

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a denial of a request for pro bono counsel is not reversible unless the plaintiff shows prejudice
  • noting that prejudice might exist \if the record demonstrates that the pro se plaintiff was incapable of engaging in any investigation or locating and presenting key witnesses or evidence.\
  • observing that the Seventh Circuit has “resisted laying down categorical rules regarding recruitment of counsel in particular types of cases
  • observing that the Seventh Circuit has “resisted laying down categorical rules regarding recruitment of counsel in particular types of cases”
  • observing that the Seventh Circuit has “resisted laying down categorical rules regarding recruitment of counsel in particular types of cases”
  • observing that the Seventh Circuit has “resisted laying down categorical rules regarding recruitment of counsel in particular types of cases”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Easterbrook, Posner, Coffey, Ripple, Manion, Kanne, Rovner, Wood, Evans, Williams, Sykes

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173 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

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