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WILLIAMS v. CATOE

No. 18-40825.

946 F.3d 278 (2020)

Elliott WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeffrey CATOE, Senior Warden, Coffield Unit; William Wheat, Major of Security, Coffield Unit; Pamela Pace, Practice Manager, UTMB, Coffield Unit; Jacinta Assava, Nurse Practitioner, UTMB, Coffield Unit; Jane and John Doe; Doctor Paul W. Shrode; Vicki White, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed January 7, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alysson Leigh Mills, Esq. , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kyle Douglas Hawkins , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Rance Craft , Assistant Solicitor General, Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Jeanine Marie Coggeshall , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Jeffrey Catoe, Senior Warden, Coffield Unit, William Wheat, Major of Security, Coffield Unit.

Courtney Brooke Corbello , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement Defense Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Jacinta Assava, Nurse Practioner, UTMB, Coffield Unit, Doctor Paul W. Shrode, Vicki White.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Amici Curiae Louisiana, Mississippi.

Before OWEN, Chief Judge, JONES, SMITH, STEWART, DENNIS, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON, COSTA, WILLETT, HO, DUNCAN, ENGELHARDT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.

We hold that in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a district court's interlocutory order denying a motion for appointment of counsel is not immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine. The panel opinion in Robbins v. Maggio, 750 F.2d 405 (5th Cir...

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