Brown v. Nebr. Dept. of Correctional Svs.. et al

Filing 26

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - Plaintiff's Motion to Appoint Counsel (Filing No. 25 ) is denied without prejudice to reassertion. Ordered by Senior Judge Richard G. Kopf. (Copy mailed to pro se party)(GJG)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA CORNELIUS BROWN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) PAUL RODREGUIEZ, Case Manager ) et al., ) ) Defendant. ) 4:14CV3071 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiff has filed a Motion (Filing No. 25) seeking the appointment of counsel. The court cannot routinely appoint counsel in civil cases. In Davis v. Scott, 94 F.3d 444, 447 (8th Cir. 1996), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals explained that “[i]ndigent civil litigants do not have a constitutional or statutory right to appointed counsel. The trial court has broad discretion to decide whether both the plaintiff and the court will benefit from the appointment of counsel[.]” Id. (internal citation and quotation marks omitted). No such benefit is apparent here at this time. Thus, the request for the appointment of counsel will be denied without prejudice to reassertion. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel (Filing No. 25) is denied without prejudice to reassertion. DATED this 20th day of March, 2015. BY THE COURT: Richard G. Kopf Senior United States District Judge *This opinion may contain hyperlinks to other documents or Web sites. The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska does not endorse, recommend, approve, or guarantee any third parties or the services or products they provide on their Web sites. Likewise, the court has no agreements with any of these third parties or their Web sites. The court accepts no responsibility for the availability or functionality of any hyperlink. Thus, the fact that a hyperlink ceases to work or directs the user to some other site does not affect the opinion of the court.

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