(PC) Brandstatt v. Clark
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WILLIAM H. BRANDSTATT, 1:21-cv-01600-AWI-GSA-PC
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
vs.
K. CLARK, et al., (ECF No. 21.) Defendants.
17 On March 28, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking the appointment of special counsel. (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff requests the Court to appoint Timothy David Hudkins as counsel for Plaintiff, and Mrs. Patricia A. Saye Hudkins as co-counsel. Plaintiff acknowledges that neither of these individuals is a licensed attorney recognized as a practitioner of the law by the Court. Plaintiff’s request must be denied. Pro se litigants have no authority to represent anyone other than themselves; therefore, they lack the representative capacity to file motions and other documents on behalf of prisoners. See Johns v. County of San Diego, 114 F.3d 874, 877 (9th Cir. 1997) (“[A] non-lawyer ‘has no authority to appear as an attorney for others than himself,’” (quoting…