(HC) Staich v. US Parole Commissioner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IVAN VON STAICH, Case No. 1:21-cv-00628-HBK Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (Doc. No. 23) US PAROLE COMMISSIONER,

ORDER FINDING PETITIONER’S

Respondent. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE MOOT (Doc. No. 24) 17 Before the Court are Petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel and request for judicial notice. (Doc. No. 23, 24). Petitioner filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Mandamus seeking relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1651. (Doc. No. 1). Petitioner notes that he was appointed counsel to represent him in his parole revocation proceedings, and requests that the Court “extend” that appointment of counsel to the instant matter. (Doc. No. 23). Regardless of the appointment of counsel in Plaintiff’s criminal matter, there is no automatic, constitutional right to counsel in this separate federal habeas proceeding. See Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 752…