sua-sponte-appointment
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5935 | Michael Ray Thomas v. Adam Douglas, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2023-11-01 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct standing sua-sponte-appointment sufficiency-of-evidence | After a United States District Judge orders the appointment of counsel sua sponte "in the interest of justice," may a United States court of appeals s… |
| 20-7288 | Nazari Vasilich Cam v. Oregon | Oregon | 2021-03-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment halbert-v-michigan indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sua-sponte-appointment swenson-v-bosler | Whether a state appellate court must appoint counsel sua sponte for an indigent criminal defendant who represents himself at trial, files a notice of … |