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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHONDELL LARKIN, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

D. DAVEY, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-0527 TLN GGH P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner has requested the appointment of counsel. There currently exists no absolute 

right to appointment of counsel in habeas proceedings. See Nevius v. Sumner, 105 F.3d 453, 460 

(9th Cir. 1996). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A authorizes the appointment of counsel at any stage 

of the case “if the interests of justice so require.” See Rule 8(c), Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases. 

In the present case, the court does not find that the interests of justice would be served by the 

appointment of counsel at the present time. 

 Based on petitioner’s claims that he does not have his legal property or access to a law 

library at the Department State Hospital, where he has been transferred due to suicidal thoughts, 

he will be granted an extension of time in which to file a traverse. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Petitioner’s April 25, 2016 motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 23) is denied 

without prejudice to a renewal of the motion at a later stage of the proceedings. 

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2. Petitioner is granted an extension of thirty days from the date of this order in which to 

file a traverse to the answer. 

Dated: May 1, 2016 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

/mp; lark0527.110 

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