Opinion
13-cv-14695
08-05-2024
OMAR RASHAD POUNCY, Petitioner, v. CARMEN D. PALMER, Respondent.
ORDER (1) DENYING PETITIONER'S MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL (ECF No. 502) AND (2) REMINDING PETITIONER OF DEADLINE TO FILE REPLY BRIEF
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On June 25, 2024, the Court granted Petitioner Omar Rashad Pouncy's motion to appoint counsel, and it appointed attorney Haralambos Mihas, who represented Pouncy in related criminal matters, to represent Pouncy in this action. (See Orders, ECF Nos. 487, 488.) Pouncy has since fired Mihas. The Court therefore TERMINATES Mihas' appearance on Pouncy's behalf.
Pouncy now asks the Court to appoint him new counsel. (See Mot., ECF No. 502, PageID.15289.) The Court declines to do so. Pouncy has proven throughout these proceedings that he is fully capable of representing himself. Moreover, given Pouncy's record of disagreeing with (and terminating) his appointed and/or retained counsel, the Court has no reason to believe that Pouncy would be satisfied with any attorney that the Court could appoint for him. Pouncy's motion to appoint counsel is therefore DENIED.
In Pouncy's motion, he also asks the Court to file with the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit a petition for a writ of mandamus that he erroneously filed in this Court. (See id., PageID.15288-15299.) The Court DENIES that request. If Pouncy wishes to file a motion and/or petition in the Sixth Circuit, he should do so himself.
Finally, the Court reminds Pouncy that he shall file a reply brief addressing the jurisdictional arguments raised the Government's recently-filed supplemental brief (ECF No. 503) by no later than September 5, 2024 .
IT IS SO ORDERED.