Sanchez-Rivera
Sanchez-Rivera v. Archambeault
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN SANCHEZ-RIVERA, Case No.: 21cv1654-LL-MSB
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. APPOINT COUNSEL
PALOMAR HEALTH; PALOMAR [ECF No. 5] MEDICAL CENTER ESCONDIDO; and 15 DOES 1-10, inclusive, 16 Respondents.
18 Petitioner, a detainee in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Currently before the Court is Petitioner’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel. ECF No. 5. Habeas petitioners do not have a Sixth Amendment right to counsel, see Knaubert v. Goldsmith, 791 F.2d 722, 728 (9th Cir. 1986), but a district court has discretion to appoint counsel for a habeas petitioner whenever “the court determines that the interests of justice so require” and such person is financially unable to obtain representation. See Title 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B); Chaney v. Lewis, 801 F.2d…