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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLOS H. ALMEIDA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLARK E. DUCART, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02689-JD 

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 18, 19

This is a civil rights case filed by a state prisoner. The Court ordered service on several 

defendants and a dispositive motion is to be filed by January 30, 2017. Plaintiff has filed an order 

compelling defendants to file an answer or a motion to dismiss. This motion (Docket No. 18) is 

DENIED because defendants will be filing a dispositive motion shortly and defendants filed a 

waiver of reply which relieves them of the need to file an answer. See 42 U.S.C. 1997e(g)(1).

Plaintiff has also filed a motion for the appointment of counsel. The Ninth Circuit has held 

that a district court may ask counsel to represent an indigent litigant only in “exceptional 

circumstances,” the determination of which requires an evaluation of both (1) the likelihood of 

success on the merits, and (2) the ability of the plaintiff to articulate his claims pro se in light of 

the complexity of the legal issues involved. Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 

1991). Plaintiff has adequtalely presented his claims and the issues are not complex. Therefore, 

the motion to appoint counsel (Docket No. 19) is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 17, 2017

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLOS H. ALMEIDA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLARK E. DUCART, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02689-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 17, 2017, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Carlos H. Almeida

G30247

P.O. Box 3030

Susanville, CA 96127 

Dated: January 17, 2017

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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