Bloomberg Law
Oct. 18, 2017, 9:37 PM UTC

Retired Judge Posner Seeks to Help Pro Se Litigant

Melissa Heelan Stanzione
Analysis Channel Analyst

By Melissa Heelan Stanzione, Bloomberg BNA

Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner took steps Oct. 18 to follow through on his stated desire to help pro se litigants.

Pro se petitioner William C. Bond asked the Fourth Circuit to allow Posner to represent him as advisory counsel in the Fourth Circuit. Posner provided an affidavit in support of the motion.

“I have decided to dedicate my post-judicial career to helping pro se litigants,” Posner said in the affidavit.

Posner gave several reasons in the affidavit for his decision to help Bond, whom he notes has filed a “multitude” of ...

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