Frauenheim

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALD BRENT HARRIS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01203-NONE-SAB-HC

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

v. COUNSEL AND DENYING AS MOOT

PETITIONER’S REQUEST TO PROCEED

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Respondent. (ECF Nos. 30, 31)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO FILE TRAVERSE AS A SEPARATE

DOCUMENT

18 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has moved for appointment of counsel and to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 30, 31).1 As the Court previously authorized in forma pauperis status to Petitioner, the request to proceed in forma pauperis is denied as moot. With respect to Petitioner’s request for appointment of counsel, there currently exists no absolute right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. See, e.g., Chaney v. Lewis, 801…