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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Juan Vianez, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

District Court of Phoenix, 

Defendant. 

No. CV 13-2310-PHX-RCB (BSB) 

 O R D E R 

On November 12, 2013, Plaintiff Juan Vianez, who is confined in the United 

States Penitentiary-Florence in Florence, Colorado, filed a pro se Complaint pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. In a November 18, 2013 Order, the Court noted that Plaintiff had not 

paid the $400.00 filing and administrative fees or filed an Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis. The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the filing and 

administrative fees or file an Application to Proceed. The Court also dismissed the 

Complaint because Plaintiff had not filed on a court-approved form, as required by Local 

Rule 3.4. The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to file an amended complaint on a courtapproved form. 

On November 25, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Document (Doc. 4) entitled “Venire 

facias[;] Oral hearing (A)(2).” On December 2, 2013, he filed a Document (Doc. 5) 

entitled “Quad Pemitt[;] Delay” and a Document (Doc. 6) entitled “Order.” 

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I. Document 4

 In Document 4, Plaintiff states that he would like a “court date to state his case.” 

He also states that he is “waiting on the pro bono and personal investigator that he 

requested.” 

 Currently, Plaintiff’s Complaint has been dismissed with leave to amend and he 

has not paid the filing and administrative fees or filed an Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis. There is, therefore, no reason to hold a hearing so Plaintiff can “state 

his case.” 

 To the extent Plaintiff sought a “pro bono [attorney] and personal investigator” in 

his Complaint, there is no constitutional right to the appointment of counsel in a civil 

case. See Ivey v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Alaska, 673 F.2d 266, 269 (9th Cir. 1982). 

In proceedings in forma pauperis, the court may request an attorney to represent any 

person unable to afford one. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). But Plaintiff has not been 

authorized to proceed in forma pauperis because, as of yet, he has not filed an 

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. 

 Even if Plaintiff had been authorized to proceed in forma pauperis, appointment of 

counsel under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) is required only when “exceptional circumstances” 

are present. Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991). A determination 

with respect to exceptional circumstances requires an evaluation of the likelihood of 

success on the merits as well as the ability of Plaintiff to articulate his claims pro se in 

light of the complexity of the legal issue involved. Id. “Neither of these factors is 

dispositive and both must be viewed together before reaching a decision.” Id. (quoting 

Wilborn v. Escalderon, 789 F.2d 1328, 1331 (9th Cir. 1986)). Given the fact that 

Plaintiff’s Complaint has been dismissed, exceptional circumstances that would require 

the appointment of counsel are not present in this case. 

 Thus, the Court will deny Plaintiff’s requests in his Document 4. 

II. Document 5

 In Document 5, Plaintiff accuses the Court of “wasting time” and appears to be 

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alleging that he provided information to the Court that would enable the Court to obtain 

his inmate account information.1

 

 Plaintiff requests no relief in Document 5 and, therefore, the Court will take no 

action regarding this document. Plaintiff should take note that it is his responsibility to 

either pay the filing and administrative fees or file a complete Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis. It is not the Court’s responsibility to obtain a copy of Plaintiff’s inmate 

trust account statement. 

III. Document 6

 In Document 6, Plaintiff states that he sent documents to the Court, but the Court 

did not file the documents. Plaintiff “orders the Clerk to file a copy of the documents for 

this case (CV-13-02310-PHX-RCB) and file complaint.” 

 First, the Clerk of Court was acting pursuant to a September 9, 2013 Court Order 

in Vianez v. Phoenix (F.C.I.), 13-CV-1081-PHX-RCB (BSB) (D. Ariz.),2

 when it refused 

to accept documents in that case. Second, if Plaintiff wanted the “complaint” that is 

attached to Document 6 to be filed in this Court, he should have filed it in this Court, 

rather than submitting it to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

 Thus, the Court will deny Document 6. 

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 In this Complaint, Plaintiff states that the Court can “find a copy of trust account” by filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the United States Department of Justice. 

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 The Order stated that “[o]ther than a document submitted in furtherance of an 

appeal, the Clerk of Court shall accept no further documents for filing in this case number.” (Doc. 8 in 13-CV-1081) (emphasis in original). 

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IT IS ORDERED:

 (1) Plaintiff’s November 25, 2013 Document (Doc. 4) is denied. 

 (2) Plaintiff’s December 2, 2013 Document (Doc. 6) is denied. 

 DATED this 12th day of December, 2013. 

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