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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JACKIE EDWARD JOHNSON No. 2:20-cv-1830 KJM DB P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 HUNTER ANGLEA, Warden, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner has requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 11). In support of the 18 request, petitioner points to the fact that he was asked to “pick a Magistrate Judge or United 19 States District Judge” to hear the instant petition, and that he knows nothing about the difference 20 between the two.1 (See id. at 1). 21 There currently exists no absolute right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. 22 See Nevius v. Sumner, 105 F.3d 453, 460 (9th Cir. 1996). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A 23 authorizes the appointment of counsel at any stage of the case “if the interests of justice so 24 require.” See Rule 8(c), Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases. In the present case, the court does not

25 1 The court is prohibited from giving litigants advice. However, it is common knowledge that 26 district court judges appoint magistrate…