Thibeault

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANIEL THIBEAULT, Case No.: 19-CV-1682-CAB-BLM

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

MEGAN J. BRENNAN, Postmaster General, [Doc. No. 2] 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(1). [Doc. No. 2.] Plaintiff asserts that his claim is meritorious, that he had made a reasonably diligent effort to obtain counsel, and is unable to find an attorney willing to represent him on terms that he can afford. [Id. at 1.] Plaintiff states he has $18,000.00 in savings or checking accounts and owns a home valued at $750,000.00. [Id. at 6.] Although this statute authorizes district courts to appoint counsel “in such circumstances as the court may deem just,” the courts are “not obligated to appoint counsel in every employment discrimination case.” Johnson v. United…