Diane Schroeder v. Stephen Hundley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 DIANE SCHROEDER, an individual; Case No.: 17-CV-919-JLS (JMA) and EQUITY TRUST COMPANY

CUSTODIAN FBO DIANE ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

SCHROEDER IRA, PREJUDICE DEFENDANT

JASON CHAPPELL’S MOTION TO

Plaintiffs,

REQUEST CIVIL GIDEON RIGHTS

v. (ECF No. 76) STEPHEN HUNDLEY; JASON CHAPPELL; and DISTRESSED

ACQUISITIONS,

19 Defendants.

Presently before the Court is Defendant Jason Chappell’s Motion to Request Civil Gideon Rights (“Mot.,” ECF No. 76), which the Court construes as a motion to appoint counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). The Motion indicates that Mr. Chappell is “unemployed” and “ha[s] no assets that [he] is able to liquidate” to pay an attorney to represent him, and accordingly Mr. Chappell requests the Court to appoint counsel “[i]n accord with [his] Civil Gideon Rights.” Id. at 1. There is, however, no constitutional right to counsel in a civil case. Lassiter v. Dep’t of Social Servs., 452 U.S. 18,…