CORBETT

v.

MINTZES, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Rode v. Dellarciprete, 845 F.2d 1195 (3d Cir. 1988)
  …together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact.” Fed.R.Civ. P. 56(c). Review of the district court’s entry of summary judgment is plenary. Gans v. Mundy, 762 F. 2d 338, 340 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1010, 106 S.Ct. 537, 88 L.Ed.2d 467 (1985). Factual inferences must be viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing the entry of judgment and where the non-movant’s allegations conflict with those of the movant, the former receive the benefit…
• Moores v. Greenberg, 834 F.2d 1105 (1st Cir. 1987)
  …his client, an attorney has a duty to use that degree of [*1108] skill, diligence, and judgment ordinarily to be expected of a member of the bar practicing in the same (or a similar) locale. Gans v. Mundy, 762 F. 2d 338, 341 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1010, 106 S.Ct. 537, 88 L.Ed.2d 467 (1985); Kuehn v. Garcia, 608 F. 2d 1143, 1147 (8th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 943, 100 S.Ct. 1340, 63 L.Ed.2d 777 (1980); Palmer v. Nissen, 256 F.Supp. 497, 501 (D.Me.1966) (applying Maine law); Wilson v. Russ,…
• Hiram Eugene Meyer v. Sargent, 854 F.2d 1110 (8th Cir. 1988)
  …529 F. 2d 1390, 1393 (8th Cir.1976). Additionally, it is well settled that a “crimi [*1114] nal defendant does not have the absolute right to counsel of his own choosing.” Carey v. State of Minnesota, 767 F. 2d 440, 441 (8th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1010, 106 S.Ct. 536, 88 L.Ed.2d 467 (1985). Instead, “[sjubstitution of counsel is a matter committed to the sound discretion of the trial court.” Nerison v. Solem, 715 F. 2d 415, 418 (8th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1072, 104 S.Ct. 983, 79 L.Ed.2d…