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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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Case No. 5:15-cv-00336-PSG 

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SALIH IBRAHIM, 

 Plaintiff,

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DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE, et al.,

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Case No. 5:15-cv-00336-PSG

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

APPOINT COUNSEL

(Re: Docket No. 13)

 Plaintiff Salih Ibrahim asks this court to appoint counsel on his behalf for a second time. 

The court previously denied Ibrahim counsel due to “insufficient contents of [his] filing.”1 

Although Ibrahim’s request is more detailed, it still does not satisfy the Ninth Circuit standard. To 

determine whether to appoint counsel, the district court must consider (1) the plaintiff’s financial 

resources; (2) the efforts made by the plaintiff to secure counsel on his or her own and (3) the merit 

of the plaintiff’s claim.2 

 In granting Ibrahim’s application to proceed in forma pauperis,

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Ibrahim lacks financial resources and that his claim has a certain degree of merit.4 The only 

 

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 Docket No. 5. 

2 See Johnson v. U.S. Dept. of Treasury, 939 F.2d 820, 824 (9th Cir. 1991) (citing Ivey v. Bd. of 

Regents of the Univ. of Alaska, 673 F.2d 266, 269 (9th Cir. 1982)); 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) (“The 

court may request an attorney to represent any person unable to afford counsel.”). 

3 See Docket No. 6. 

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