Sullivan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RELMON H. DAVIS, III, Case No. 1:20-cv-01270-DAD-HBK Petitioner, ORDER DENYING APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL AND EVIDENTIARY HEARING

v. Doc. No. 6 W.J. SULLIVAN,

Respondent.

16 Before the Court is Petitioner’s pleading requesting appointment of counsel and evidentiary hearing. (Doc. No. 6). Petitioner filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus seeking relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1). The construed motion requests that the Court grant Petitioner an evidentiary hearing and appointment of counsel but fails to provide any grounds to support either request. There is no automatic, constitutional right to counsel in federal habeas proceedings. See Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 752 (1991); Anderson v. Heinze, 258 F.2d 479, 481 (9th Cir. 1958). The Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, however, authorizes this Court to appoint counsel for a financially eligible person who seeks relief under § 2254 when the…