Pfeiffer
(HC) Mitchell v. Pfeiffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEE WALTER MITCHELL, Case No. 1:18-cv-01645-AWI-JDP Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S
MOTIONS TO APPOINT COUNSEL
v. ECF Nos. 18, 19 CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER,
ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
Respondent. MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ECF Nos. 20, 21 17 18 Petitioner Dee Walter Mitchell, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Before the court are petitioner’s two motions for appointment of counsel, ECF Nos. 18, 19, and two motions for extensions of time, ECF Nos. 20, 21. Motions for Appointment of Counsel Petitioner seeks an appointment of counsel, stating that he is indigent and unable to afford counsel. ECF Nos. 18, 19. A petitioner in a habeas proceeding does not have an absolute right to counsel. See Anderson v. Heinze, 258 F.2d 479, 481 (9th Cir. 1958) (“The Sixth Amendment has no application here . . . .”). 28 There…