Where a U.S. District Court denied a motion for the appointment of counsel without explanation, it committed error, but the error was harmless because the plaintiff could not succeed on the merits.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by U.S. District Judge Charles P. Kocoras.In 2015, a passenger on a bus operated by the Chicago Transit Authority screamed at and threatened Lawrence Pickett, the driver. Pickett took six months off from work while recovering.After Pickett’s physician concluded that …