can i get a public defender for a civil case
Public defender (United States) In US civil cases (e.g., personal injury or a landlord-tenant dispute), public defenders may be appointed in civil cases that are quasi-criminal in nature (e.g., removal of children from parents and civil commitments for alleged sexually violent predators)[29] or in highly unusual situations where the civil proceedings may be highly connected to criminal proceedings;[30] otherwise indigent litigants are referred to a legal aid office.