Paul Eric Lewis v. Southern Connecticut State University, et al.
SocialSecurity DueProcess
Whether the plaintiff's right to counsel was violated, resulting in a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause and the Sixth Amendment's right to bring suit in a court of law
Question Presented Where a plaintiff who was granted pro bono counsel, specifically for the purpose “to write the preliminary pleadings sufficiently to allow a jury trial,” is defeated in pre-trial argument due to the refusal by the same Judge Thompson to substitute another pro bono attorney when the original pro bono attorney was forced to resign, that this same Judge Thompson then ruled that plaintiffs claim was ; “insufficiently stated to allow a jury trial,” is there not, therein, a right to counsel : violated that also violates as a direct violation of the fourteenth amendment’s due process clause and the sixth amendment’s Constitutional right to bring suit in a court of law? . 2 . . ., I.