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STATE EX REL. SCOTT v. ROPER

No. 65918.

688 S.W.2d 757 (1985)

STATE ex rel. Stephen C. SCOTT, Relator, v. Ellen S. ROPER, Judge, Division 3, Circuit Court of Boone County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

As Corrected April 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Scott, Columbia, for relator.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Debra Neff, Jefferson City, for respondent.

Tom B. Brown, Edina, for amicus curiae Missouri Bar.

WELLIVER, Judge.

Relator Stephen C. Scott seeks to prohibit Respondent Judge Ellen S. Roper from appointing him to represent an indigent prison inmate in an action to recover damages for an alleged medical malpractice. Relator challenges the constitutionality of § 514.040, RSMo 1978, purporting to authorize such an appointment and claims that compelled representation violates his rights under the federal and state constitutions. This Court has jurisdiction. Mo...

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