Rodgers v. McDaniel et al

Filing 8

ORDER granting 4 Motion to extend time for service until 3/12/2018. Rodgers' requests for appointed counsel, 5 & 6 , are denied. She should continue to seek her own lawyer. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 1/23/2018. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
DARLENE RODGERS
v.

PLAINTIFF
No. 3:17-cv-291-DPM

TAURA McDANIEL, Attorney Ad Litem;
VAL PRICE, Court Appointed Attorney;
RALPH WILSON, JR., Judge, Second
Judicial Circuit; MIKE GIBSON, Judge;
KATHERINE DEAN, Prosecutor; GRENEDA
JOHNSON, Former DHS Attorney; JEREMY
BLAND, Attorney; BRADLEY LAW FIRM;
DESTERNIE RICHMOND-SULLIVAN,
CASA Association; CHELSEA FIFI, Counsel
at Family Inc. Counseling Services; TONYA
JONES, Case Manager/Supervisor;
SYLVIA WARE, Case Worker; OSCEOLA
POLICE DEPARTMENT; STEFANIE
SMITHEY, Principal; and TYLER
DUNEGAN, City Council

DEFENDANTS

ORDER

1.

Rodgers requests more time to serve the defendants. NQ4.

She's been unable to do so because of illness. That's good cause to grant
her motion and extend time for service until 12 March 2018.
2.

Rodgers also requests appointed counsel. NQ 5; NQ 6; &

NQ7. The Court notes her concerns. But there's no right to an appointed

lawyer in a civil case. NQ3 at 2-3. All material things considered, her

motions for appointed counsel are denied. Plummer v . Grimes, 87 F.3d
1032, 1033 (8th Cir. 1996). She should continue to seek her own lawyer.
So Ordered.

v.

D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge

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