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MARTIN v. POTTER

Civ. No. 1984/217.

635 F.Supp. 645 (1986)

Leroy MARTIN, Plaintiff, v. Edwin POTTER, Director Bureau of Corrections United States Virgin Islands, et al., Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

May 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy Martin, pro se.

Joyce G. O'Reilly, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Croix, Christiansted, V.I., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, District Judge.

Does a prisoner-plaintiff, who initiates a pro se civil rights suit unrelated to his criminal conviction, have the right to be present at the civil proceeding? Since we find he does not, we will deny the plaintiff's request to be present at his trial and instead will appoint counsel to appear for him.

I. FACTS

Later it will become apparent that defendant Leroy Martin's criminal...

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