Randy McCaa v. Todd Hamilton

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• agreeing with the district court that the decision to try to recruit counsel can and should be informed by the realities of recruiting counsel in the district
• agreeing with the district court that the decision to try to recruit counsel can and should be informed by the realities of recruiting counsel in the district
• agreeing with the district court that the decision to try to recruit counsel can and should be informed by the realities of recruiting counsel in the district
• acknowledging “difficult mix of factors weighing for and No. 23-2946 7 against recruiting counsel”
• acknowledging “difficult mix of factors weighing for and No. 23-2946 7 against recruiting counsel”
• “Nothing in Pruitt or our other cases on recruiting counsel prohibits a judge from using available information and the judge’s experience to assess the importance and potential merits of the case and to assign priority accordingly.”

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Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pruitt v. Mote
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-10-03· cited 2,834×
• Jeffrey Olson v. Donald Morgan
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-04-30· cited 868×
• Santiago v. Walls
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-03-29· cited 787×
• Alma Glisson v. Correctional Medical Services
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-02-21· cited 531×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Judith Keane, Intervening v. Sears, Roebuck & Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-08-10· cited 385×
• Ladell Henderson v. Parthasarathi Ghosh
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-06-18· cited 345×
• Joseph Wilborn v. David Ealey
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-02-07· cited 276×
• McCaa v. Hamilton
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-06-27· cited 214×
• Kevin Carmody v. Board of Trustees of the Unive
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-06-19· cited 144×
• Del Marcelle v. Brown County Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-05-17· cited 143×

Other cases named Randy McCaa v. Todd Hamilton

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Randy McCaa v. Todd Hamilton
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-06-27
• Randy McCaa v. Todd Hamilton
  Seventh Circuit· 2018-06-27