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PARHAM v. JOHNSON

No. 95-3623.

126 F.3d 454 (1997)

Paul Lamont PARHAM, Appellant, v. Marshall JOHNSON, Jr., Medical Doctor; Charles J. Kozakieqicz; Tom Forester, Commissioner; Joseph Mazurkiewicz, Ph.D.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred T. Magaziner (argued), Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Vincent A. DeFalice (argued), DeFalice & Douglas, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee.

Before: COWEN, McKEE, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Circuit Judge.

Paul Lamont Parham ("Parham") filed suit against his prison physician, Dr. Marshall Johnson ("Dr. Johnson"), claiming that Dr. Johnson was deliberately indifferent to his medical needs. The magistrate judge found that Parham's claim may have merit and ordered that counsel be appointed for Parham pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This order was never adhered to. Two years later, Parham, still without counsel, petitioned...

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