Doser
(PC) Dennis v. Doser
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW M. DENNIS, 1:22-cv-00818-HBK (PC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
v. TO APPOINT COUNSEL
GENE DOSIER, et al., (Doc. No. 4)
Defendants.
16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Matthew M. Dennis’s motion to appoint counsel, filed on July 5, 2022. (Doc. No. 4). Plaintiff simultaneously filed pro se prisoner civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1). Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel using what appears to be a standard form that lists a litany of reasons to support appointment of counsel, including but not limited to: his incarceration, limited access to the law library, layman at law with little legal experience, inability to hire counsel, and complex claims at issue. (See generally Doc. No. 4 at 1-9). The United States Constitution does not require appointment of counsel in civil cases. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354 (1996) (explaining Bounds v. Smith,…