McGee
McGee v. The City of Hercules
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY MCGEE, Case No. 23-cv-05161-TSH
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO
v. APPOINT COUNSEL
THE CITY OF HERCULES, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 40 Defendants.
12 On July 29, 2024, the Court stayed this matter pending the conclusion of supervised release proceedings in United States v. McGee, 3:12-cr-00052-EMC. ECF No. 35. Plaintiff has now filed a motion for appointment of counsel, stating the proceedings in 12-0052 have concluded, he is serving a twelve-month sentence, and he would like the Court to appoint counsel “to settle the case” due to the “unavailability of [his] presence until at least April of next year.” ECF No. 40. Generally, a person has no right to counsel in civil actions. Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009) (citation omitted). However, a court may under “exceptional circumstances” appoint counsel for indigent civil litigants. Id. (citation omitted). To obtain appointment of…