Torres

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDUARDO TORRES, Case No.: 19-cv-01964-LAB-JLB

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

RALPH DIAZ, et al.,

Respondents. [ECF No. 47] 16 Before the Court is Petitioner Eduardo Torres’s second Motion for Appointment of Counsel. (ECF No. 47.) Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF Nos. 1; 21.) For the reasons set forth below, Petitioner’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel is DENIED without prejudice. I. LEGAL STANDARD The Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not extend to federal habeas corpus actions filed by state prisoners. McCleskly v. Zant, 499 U.S. 467, 495 (1991). Petitioners do not have an absolute right to counsel for habeas corpus actions. Knaubert v. Goldsmith, 791 F.2d 722, 728 (9th Cir. 1986). …