Martinez v. Muniz

Filing 9

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 9/13/2017 DENYING without prejudice 2 Motion for Appointment of Counsel. (Henshaw, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BENJAMIN MARTINEZ, 12 13 14 No. 2:17-cv-1880 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER W.C. MUNIZ, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner has requested the appointment of counsel. There currently exists no absolute 18 right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. See Nevius v. Sumner, 105 F.3d 453, 460 19 (9th Cir. 1996). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A authorizes the appointment of counsel at any stage 20 of the case “if the interests of justice so require.” See Rule 8(c), Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases. 21 In the present case, the court does not find that the interests of justice would be served by the 22 appointment of counsel at the present time. 23 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s motion for appointment of 24 counsel (ECF No. 2) is denied without prejudice to a renewal of the motion at a later stage of the 25 proceedings. 26 DATED: September 13, 2017 27 28

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