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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Plaintiff neglected to provide the Court with any basis for appointing counsel. Nor has Plaintiff

served Defendants or properly articulated the bases for his lawsuits under the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Kevin Lewis Hobson, 

Plaintiff, 

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Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs

Medical Center 

Defendant.

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No. CV 07-1246-PHX-SMM

ORDER 

Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel in the

following pending cases wherein Plaintiff has been granted in forma pauperis status: 07-1246,

07-1318, 07-1319. The appointment of counsel for an indigent plaintiff is a matter of the court’s

discretion, and the decision will not be overturned absent an abuse of discretion. Am. Jur. 2d.

Fed. Courts § 524 Here, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to show that appointment of

counsel is warranted in and any of the foregoing enumerated cases.1

 Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED DENYING Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel (Doc.

13).

DATED this 8th day of November, 2007.

Case 2:07-cv-01246-SMM Document 15 Filed 11/09/07 Page 1 of 1