35 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1297, 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,623 Nancy S. Bradshaw, Individually and on Behalf of Others Who Are Similarly Situated v. United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Zoological Society of San Diego, Real Party in Interest

742 F.2d 515 35 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1297 , 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,623 Nancy S. BRADSHAW, individually and on behalf of others who are similarly situated, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, Zoological Society of San Diego, Real Party in Interest. No. 83-7247. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 1, 1984. * Decided Sept. 7, 1984. Nancy S. Bradshaw, in pro per. Robert W. Bell, Jr., Edward M. Healey, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, San Diego, Cal., for Zoological Soc. of San Diego. Susan Elizabeth Rees, Atty., E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae. On Petition for Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before WALLACE, SKOPIL, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. SKOPIL, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant Nancy Bradshaw petitions this court for a writ of mandamus compelling the district court to appoint counsel to represent her in her Title VII action against the San Diego Zoological Society ("Zoo"). We decline to issue the writ. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW 2 Bradshaw filed a pro se sex discrimination action against the Zoo in 1975. The district court granted…