Griffin
Griffin v. Hodges
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HAROLD GRIFFIN, Case No.: 21-cv-01474-MMA-DEB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL
J. HODGES, et. al.,
[DKT. NO. 18] Defendants.
17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Harold Griffin’s second Motion for Appointment of Counsel (“Motion”). Dkt. No. 18. Plaintiff requests the Court appoint counsel on his behalf because he is “unable to proceed with the assertion of [his] claims . . . without the assistance of counsel” and asserts he “qualif[ies] for the appointment of counsel from the Civil Pro Bono Panel.” Dkt. No. 18. In his first Request for Appointment of Counsel (“Request”), Plaintiff claimed he was: (1) “incarcerated”; (2) “indigent”; and (3) “unable to afford counsel.” Dkt. No. 15. The Court denied Plaintiff’s first Request as unsupported by exceptional circumstances, which is the showing required to obtain appointed counsel. Dkt. No.…