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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GERONIMO MEJIA, Case No. 1:23-cv-01730-CDB (HC)

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (Docs. 2, 4, 10) TRENT ALLEN, Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner Geronimo Mejia (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner, proceeds pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. 1). Before the Court is Petitioner’s three requests that the Court appoint counsel to represent him. (Docs. 2, 4, 10). Petitioner asks for appointment of counsel to represent him because: (1) his education is limited, (2) he is incompetent to the language of the law, (3) he has a learning disability which “requires him to have an aide, or advisor to assist him [all] and every medical and legal proceedings, (4) he has limited access to legal aid resources, (5) he should be provided one under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, and (6) he lacks the resources to afford an attorney. (Doc. 10 at 2-3). There is no constitutional…