Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD R. LEWIS Case No.: 20cv1042-MMA (MSB)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S THIRD

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

KATHLEEN ALLISON, Secretary of the

California Department of Corrections and [ECF NO. 34] Rehabilitation, 16 Respondent. 17

After the Court dismissed his first filing as inadequate, Petitioner, a pro se prisoner, file a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus attacking his state court criminal conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on June 25, 2020. (See ECF Nos. 1-3.) Now pending before the Court is Petitioner’s motion asking the Court to appoint counsel, filed on June 16, 2021. (See ECF No. 34; see also ECF No. 31.) This motion follows the Court’s Orders on August 7 and September 1, 2020, denying Petitioner’s prior motions for appointment of counsel. (See ECF Nos. 8, 13.) Both prior motions were filed before Respondents filed any…