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Parties Involved:
Dave Davey
Respondent
Jerry Lee King
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JERRY LEE KING, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

DAVE DAVEY, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-1464-EFB P 

ORDER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has again requested that the court appoint counsel. As previously 

explained, 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). The court may appoint 

counsel at any stage of the proceedings “if the interests of justice so require.” See 18 U.S.C. § 

3006A; see also, Rule 8(c), Rules Governing § 2254 Cases. The court does not find that the 

interests of justice would be served by the appointment of counsel at this stage of the proceedings. 

 Accordingly, it hereby is ORDERED that petitioner’s request for appointment of counsel 

(ECF No. 9) is denied without prejudice. 

Dated: August 15, 2016. 

Case 2:16-cv-01464-WBS-EFB Document 10 Filed 08/15/16 Page 1 of 1