Barraillier

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARIO F. BARRAILLIER, Case No. 19-cv-08330-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. THE APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

J. ALVAREZ, et al., Dkt. No. 21 Defendants.

12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Barraillier moves for the appointment of counsel. (Dkt. No. 21.) His grounds are that (i) he would be better represented by having counsel; (ii) he lacks the money to hire counsel; and (iii) his age and physical and mental infirmities make it difficult for him to prosecute this federal habeas action. The first two grounds, while no doubt true, are insufficient under our precedents. The third is also insufficient; despite Barraillier’s quite serious history of mental and physical infirmities, he is able to represent himself without counsel at this stage in the proceedings. All his filings are clear, well- reasoned, and appear in highly readable handwriting. Furthermore, the issues in his complaint are not complex, and he has ably…