“It’s definitely a unique situation to have all 13 circuits rule on an issue” and be divided without Supreme Court resolution, said Morrison & Foerster D.C. partner Brian Matsui, who filed a petition in Wilson v. Johnson on behalf of Virginia pro se litigant Lee Wilson Jr.
The issue in the case may sound like a procedural technicality, but for pro se litigants it is critical: whether a judge’s denial of appointed counsel in federal cases can be immediately appealed or must wait until the end of a trial.
