Sands
Sands v. City of San Francisco's Department of Homelessness
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ILENE SANDS, Case No. 23-cv-03014-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S IFP
v. APPLICATION, REQUEST TO
APPOINT COUNSEL, AND CASE
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS, et al., Defendants. 14 Pro se plaintiff Ilene Sands has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). Dkt. No. 3. IFP status is granted. The Clerk of Court will issue the summons, and the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of California is directed to serve on defendants, without prepayment of fees, a copy of the amended complaint, Dkt. No. 6, with attachments, and this order. While this case is pending, plaintiff must promptly inform the Court of any change of address. Failure to do so may result in dismissal of this action. Sands has also requested the appointment of counsel. Dkt. Nos. 5, 9. There is generally “no right to counsel in a civil case.” Nicholson v. Rushen, 767 F.2d 1426, 1427…