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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. 20)

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

court previously denied Ibrahim counsel due to the “insufficient contents of [his] filing”1 and in 

light of his failure to attempt to secure counsel on his own.2 Ibrahim’s request is now more 

detailed and documents attempts to secure counsel on his own, satisfying the basic Ninth Circuit 

standard.3 

 

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 Docket No. 5. 

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 Docket No. 15. 

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 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. 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.”).

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