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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

JAMES R. DOWNES, # 281824, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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CASE NO. 2:15-CV-437-WKW

 [WO]

CARTER DAVENPORT, et al., )

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Defendants. )

ORDER

On December 9, 2015, Plaintiff filed an objection (Doc. # 86) to the court’s 

order of November 20, 2015 (Doc. #84). The court construes the objection as a 

motion for reconsideration of the order denying Plaintiff’s motions for preliminary 

injunction. Plaintiff’s arguments do not address the requirements he must show in 

order to warrant the extraordinary relief of a preliminary injunction. Therefore, his 

motion for reconsideration is due to be denied.

Plaintiff also states that he has requested appointment of counsel “by several 

motions” and has been denied counsel each time. (Doc. # 86, at 1.) A review of 

the record shows that Plaintiff did move for appointment of counsel twice, and the 

motions were denied both times. (Docs. # 4, 8, 41, 42.) His most recent motion 

was filed on August 18, 2015. (Doc. # 41.) The court construes these assertions as 

an objection to the order denying appointment of counsel (Doc. # 42). That order 

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was entered on August 19, 2015, and therefore Plaintiff’s objection is due to be 

denied as untimely. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a). In addition, nothing about the 

denial of Plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction changes the facts or 

circumstances of this case in order to warrant appointment of counsel. See Bass v. 

Perrin, 170 F.3d 1312, 1320 (11th Cir. 1999).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration (Doc. # 87) is DENIED; and

(2) Plaintiff’s objection (Doc. # 86) to the order denying appointment of 

counsel is OVERRULED.

DONE this 15th day of December, 2015. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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