Lizarraga

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:18-cv-00748-AWI-JDP 12 Petitioner, ORDER REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL AND REFERRING MATTER TO

13 v. FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE 14 JOE LIZARRAGA, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

SERVE DOCUMENTS

15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner Lawrence Williams is a state prisoner proceeding with a petition for writ of 18 habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §2254. The court has granted reconsideration of its order denying 19 appointment of counsel and now reevaluates whether to appoint counsel to petitioner. 20 There currently exists no absolute right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. 21 See, e.g., Chaney v. Lewis, 801 F.2d 1191, 1196 (9th Cir. 1986); Anderson v. Heinze, 258 F.2d 22 479, 481 (9th Cir. 1958). However, the Criminal Justice Act authorizes the appointment of 23 counsel at any stage of the proceeding for financially eligible persons if “the interests of justice so 24 require.” 18…