Opinion
Cause No. 3:06-CV-208 RM.
July 13, 2006
OPINION and ORDER
Tamora Malone has filed a motion to appoint counsel, an emergency motion for court ordered injunction, and a motion for a restraining order. Ms. Malone asks the court to appoint an attorney without cost to her because she cannot afford an attorney and because Legal Aid will not take her case. However,"[c]ivil litigants generally have no right to free legal aid in civil lawsuits," Synergy Assoc., Inc. v. Sun Biotechnologies, Inc., 350 F.3d 681, 683 (7th Cir. 2003), and Ms. Malone has already "displayed the necessary competence to present a basic, adequate case." Johnson v. Doughty, 433 F.3d 1001, 1007 (7th Cir. 2006). The court requires an adequate basis be shown before appointing an attorney without cost to a civil litigant. See, e.g., DiAngelo v. Illinois Dept. of Public Aid, 891 F.2d 1260, 1262 (7th Cir. 1989) (courts do not intervene on plaintiff's behalf "as of course; they recruit recruit lawyers for the [civil] parties only when the cases are colorable, the facts may be difficult to assemble, and the law is complex."). Ms. Malone has not made this requisite showing, and so her motion to appoint counsel is DENIED [Doc. No. 7].
Ms. Malone's remaining motions for an injunction and/or a restraining order are DENIED as not in compliance with the notice provision of FED. R. CIV. P. 65 or the filing requirements of N.D. IND. R. 65.1 [Doc. Nos. 8 9].
SO ORDERED.