Naranjo v. Department of Corrections et al
Filing
147
ORDER denying pltf's motion to appt new pro bono cnsl 146 . (See order for complete details.) Signed by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner on 10/17/17. (ki)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ISAAC NARANJO,
Plaintiff
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JAMES LUCZAK, et al.,
Defendants
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:11-CV-1304
(Chief Judge Conner)
ORDER
AND NOW, this 17th day of October, 2017, upon consideration of the motion
(Doc. 146) for new counsel by Plaintiff Isaac Naranjo, wherein Plaintiff requests that
the court appoint new pro bono counsel, and the court noting that indigent criminal
defendants have a constitutional right to appointed counsel but not to appointed
counsel of choice, United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez, 548 U.S. 140, 151 (2006) (citation
omitted), and observing that indigent civil litigants “possess neither a constitutional
nor a statutory right to appointed counsel,” Montgomery v. Pinchak, 294 F.3d
492, 498 (3d Cir. 2002), and finding that if there is no right to appointed counsel of
choice for indigent criminal defendants, it logically follows that there is no right to
appointed counsel of choice for indigent civil litigants, and the court concluding
that plaintiff has no right to appointed counsel of choice and has not demonstrated
good cause for substitution of appointed counsel, it is hereby ORDERED that the
motion (Doc. 146) to appoint new counsel is DENIED.
/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania
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