DeBose

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LOUIS LOVELL DEBOSE, Case No.: 20-CV-1132-MMA(WVG)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE PETITIONER’S

MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

RAYMOND MADDEN, Warden,

Respondent. [Doc. No. 4.] 16 The Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not extend to federal habeas corpus actions by state prisoners. Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551, 555 (1987); Chaney v. Lewis, 801 F.2d 1191, 1196 (9th Cir. 1986); Knaubert v. Goldsmith, 791 F.2d 722, 728 (9th Cir. 1986). However, financially eligible habeas petitioners seeking relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 may obtain representation whenever the court “determines that the interests of justice so require.” 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B) (West 2000); Terrovona v. Kincheloe, 912 F.2d 1176, 1181 (9th Cir. 1990); Bashor v. Risley, 730 F.2d 1228, 1234 (9th Cir. 1984). In the Ninth Circuit, “[i]ndigent state prisoners applying for habeas relief are not entitled to…