CivilRightToCounsel.org
About CivilRightToCounsel.org
Daniel Thomas (not his real name) was an elderly man surviving on social security benefits when the small town he lived in cut off his water and power and tried to demolish the home he had built 50 years earlier. Sued by the city for violating building codes that hadn’t applied when he built the house, Thomas found himself in court without a lawyer. Although he suffered from cognitive impairments, the trial court refused to appoint counsel.
