(HC) Keo v. Warden of the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SOKHEAN KEO, Case No. 1:24-cv-00919-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION

FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (Doc. No. 3) WARDEN OF THE MESA VERDE ICE PROCESSING CENTER, et al, 15 Respondent. 16 Before the court is Petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel. (Doc. No. 3). Petitioner, an immigrant detainee, has pending a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 challenging his prolonged detention without a bond hearing. (See generally Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). Petitioner requests that the Court appoint counsel to represent him on his Petition because immigration law is complex and his status as a detained immigrant makes it difficult to present his case. (Doc. No. 3). There is no automatic, constitutional right to counsel in federal habeas proceedings. See Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 752 (1991); Anderson v. Heinze, 258 F.2d 479, 481 (9th Cir. 1958). The Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. §…