(HC) Adams v. Covello ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CRAIG IVAN ADAMS, No. 2:19-cv-2572 WBS DB P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 PATRICK COVELLO, 15 Respondent. 16 17 18 Petitioner has requested the appointment of counsel. He states only that he lacks funds to 19 obtain counsel. There exists no absolute right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. 20 See Nevius v. Sumner, 105 F.3d 453, 460 (9th Cir. 1996). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A 21 authorizes the appointment of counsel at any stage of the case “if the interests of justice so 22 require.” See Rule 8(c), Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases. The court does not find that the 23 interests of justice would be served by the appointment of counsel at the present time. 24 //// 25 //// 26 //// 27 //// 28 //// 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s motion for appointment of 2 | counsel (ECF No. 9) is denied without prejudice to a renewal of the motion at a later stage of the 3 | proceedings. 4 | Dated: February 13, 2020 5 6 4 ‘BORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | DLB:9 DB/prisoner-habeas/adam2572.110 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28