SCOTT v. CHIEF OF POLICE

No. 73-1825.

492 F.2d 1310 (1974)

Vincent J. SCOTT, Appellant, v. CHIEF OF POLICE and four other unnamed Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, policemen, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Scott, pro se.

David O. Danis, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees but did not file brief.

Before HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and DENNEY, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal of an order of Judge Meredith denying appellant's request for appointment of counsel to assist appellant in the prosecution of a civil rights suit. Appellant is presently incarcerated in the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Before this Court may reach the merits of the appeal and review the question of whether the denial of appointment of counsel was an abuse of discretion by Judge Meredith, this Court must find the...

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