Opinion
Civil Action No. 13-370
04-08-2013
SHAVON LOFLAND, Plaintiff, v. WESTERN PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE AND CLINIC OF UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE, Defendant.
Judge Cathy Bissoon
ORDER
Plaintiff's "Motion for Immediate Trial" (Doc. 7) is DENIED. With respect to Plaintiff's Motion (Doc. 8) for appointment of counsel, Plaintiff has failed to place into the record sufficient allegations and/or information for the Court to conclude that his claim has "some arguable merit in fact and law." Johnson v. Stempler, 2010 WL 1226127, *2 (3d Cir. Mar. 31, 2010) (indigent civil litigant possesses neither constitutional nor statutory right to appointed counsel, and, as "a threshold matter," his claim must be arguably meritorious before court will appoint counsel) (citing and quoting Tabron v. Grace, 6 F.3d 147, 153 (3d Cir. 1993), other citations and quotations omitted). In light of the foregoing, the Court need not reach the remaining Tabron factors, and Plaintiff's Motion (Doc. 8) is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Cathy Bissoon
United States District Judge
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