Breidenbach v. Nichols

Full title: ANTHONY BREIDENBACH, Plaintiff, v. JOHN NICHOLS, et al, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division

Date published: Mar 28, 2006

Case No. 01-40216 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 28, 2006)

Opinion

Case No. 01-40216.

March 28, 2006

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR COUNSEL

R. WHALEN, Magistrate Judge

Plaintiff is a pro se prison inmate in the civil rights case. Before the Court is his motion for appointment of counsel [Docket #71].

Unlike criminal cases, there is no constitutional or statutory right to the appointment of counsel in civil cases. Rather, the Court requests members of the bar to assist in appropriate cases. The Court previously appointed pro bono counsel for the Plaintiff, but that law firm then moved to withdraw based on a conflict of interest. Since that time, Plaintiff has continued to represent himself.

The Court now believes that it would be in the interests of justice to again attempt to obtain counsel for the Plaintiff. Therefore, his motion for appointment of counsel [Docket #71] is GRANTED, and the Court will seek pro bono counsel to represent the Plaintiff.

Furthermore, the scheduling order is HELD IN ABEYANCE pending the appointment of counsel.

SO ORDERED.