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MERRITT v. FAULKNER

No. 81-1136.

697 F.2d 761 (1983)

Billy MERRITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gordon H. FAULKNER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel M. Hellman, Pressman & Hartunian, Chtd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sabra A. Weliever, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 2, 1983.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal primarily concerns the right to appointed counsel and the right to a jury trial of an indigent prisoner who seeks relief for the alleged deliberate indifference of prison officials to his serious medical problems. The district court denied the prisoner's request for appointed counsel, as well as his motions for a jury trial, appointment of an independent medical...

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