Opinion
1:07-cv-2004-WSD.
November 5, 2007
OPINION AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Ogunbamise's Request for Legal Representation ("Request") [14]. In the Request, Plaintiff asks the Court "for advice on how I can obtain the services of a qualified attorney for this case." Id. at 1. Plaintiff advises that the lawyers he has contacted for representation have declined to represent him.
This is a civil matter against the Defendant Wellstar Cobb Hospital. A plaintiff in a private civil action is not entitled to appointed counsel and it appears here that Plaintiff has used reasonable measures to seek counsel to represent him in this case, but that the counsel he has contacted have declined to represent him in this matter. Plaintiff is, of course, permitted to proceed pro se in this litigation. If Plaintiff elects to represent himself, he is reminded that he is required to abide by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court.
The Atlanta Bar Association has a lawyer referral service which Plaintiff may want to contact.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Ogunbamise's Request for Legal Representation ("Request") [14] is DENIED AS MOOT. SO ORDERED.