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Torres v. Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Nov 7, 2011
No. C 11-2638 JSW (PR) (N.D. Cal. Nov. 7, 2011)

Opinion

No. C 11-2638 JSW (PR)

11-07-2011

ANTHONY TORRES, Plaintiff, v. G. LEWIS; MATTHEW CATE; G. KELLEY, Defendants.


ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL


(Docket No. 13)

Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, has filed this pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. There is no constitutional right to counsel in a civil case. Lassiter v. Dep't of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981). Section1915 confers on a district court only the power to "request" that counsel represent a litigant who is proceeding in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). As a result, the Court has only the power to ask pro bono counsel to represent Plaintiff, not the power to "appoint" counsel. Plaintiff is capable of presenting his claims effectively, and the issues, at least at this stage, are not complex. Consequently, the motion (docket number 13) is

DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY TORRES, Plaintiff,

v.

G. LEWIS et al, Defendant.

Case Number: CV11-02638 JSW

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. That on November 7, 2011, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Anthony Torres

Pelican Bay State Prison

P.O. Box 7500

#K59800

Crescent City, CA 95532

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk


Summaries of

Torres v. Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Nov 7, 2011
No. C 11-2638 JSW (PR) (N.D. Cal. Nov. 7, 2011)
Case details for

Torres v. Lewis

Case Details

Full title:ANTHONY TORRES, Plaintiff, v. G. LEWIS; MATTHEW CATE; G. KELLEY…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Nov 7, 2011

Citations

No. C 11-2638 JSW (PR) (N.D. Cal. Nov. 7, 2011)