Allison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

3 4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 1:20-cv-269-DAD-HBK 5 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL v. (ECF No. 11)

DIANE R. ALISON, SONJA R. WILSON,

THE ESTATE OF ROGER L. WILSON,

SR.

9 Defendants.

11 The Court reviews the motion to appoint counsel filed on behalf of Defendants Diane R. 12 Wilson, Sonja R. Wilson, and The Estate of Roger L. Wilson, Sr. on October 20, 2020. (ECF No. 13 11.) Liberally construed, the motion seeks appointment of counsel on behalf of The Estate of 14 Roger L. Wilson, Sr. and on behalf of Defendants Alison and Wilson in their individual and their 15 representative capacities as statutory executors of the Estate. The Government did not file a 16 response to this motion and the time to do so has expired. Notably, a review of other pleadings 17 shows that the Government submits that the Estate, cannot proceed in this action without counsel. 18 By way of background, the Government initiated this action by filing a three-count Complaint 19 stemming…