Bird

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LEE CHARLES JASPER, No. 2:22-cv-1226 KJM DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER LANDON BIRD, Warden, Respondent. 15 Respondent filed an answer to the petition for writ of habeas corpus on August 18, 2023. (ECF No. 27.) Subsequently, petitioner’s document styled as “Request for Order Modification of Sentence” was entered on the docket on September 8, 2023. (ECF No. 30.) The court construes petitioner’s request entered on September 8, 2023, as a traverse replying to respondent’s answer. (See ECF No. 31 [referring to letter of opposition to respondent’s answer].) The matter is fully briefed, and the court will issue findings and recommendations in due course. Petitioner has also requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 22, 28.) There currently exists no absolute right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. See Nevius v. Sumner, 105 F.3d 453, 460 (9th Cir. 1996). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A authorizes the appointment of…