Luouxmont

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 FALKYN LUOUXMONT, Case No. 25-cv-08522-TSH

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

9 v. APPOINT COUNSEL

10 DAVID STEINER, Re: Dkt. No. 3 11 Defendant.

12 13 On October 6, 2025, Plaintiff Falkyn Luouxmont filed a request for appointed counsel, 14 stating he needs a court-appointed attorney “to formulate the complexities for me in this case 15 properly. The original appellate decision was flawed due to a misnamed claim and therefore is a 16 need to amend the original claim.” ECF No. 3. 17 Generally, a person has no right to counsel in civil actions. Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 18 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009) (citation omitted). However, a court may under “exceptional 19 circumstances” appoint counsel for indigent civil litigants. Id. (citation omitted). “To obtain 20 appointment of pro bono counsel, a litigant must be proceeding in forma pauperis (‘IFP’) and lack 21 the financial resources to retain counsel.” Swapna v. Deshraj, 2017 WL…