United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment against plaintiff's suit, alleging malpractice and deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights, is reversed where the district court erred in declining plaintiff's request for the appointment of counsel to assist him in his claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/25/2004
• Published 08/25/2004

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ellen B. Stanfield (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven Pray O'Connor (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.