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Parties Involved:
Roosevelt Smith
Petitioner
Martin Veal
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROOSEVELT SMITH, JR.,

Petitioner,

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MARTIN VEAL, WARDEN,

Respondent.

 

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1:06-cv-0928 OWW LJO HC

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

COUNSEL 

This is a successive petition for habeas corpus, after

denial of the petition on grounds that Petitioner failed to seek

leave from the Circuit Court of Appeal to file a second or

successive Petition.

Petitioner shows no unique facts that distinguish this case

from the hundreds of cases pending before the Court in which

Petitioners are without counsel. The Court lacks the authority

to involuntarily order an attorney to represent Petitioner in his

successive habeas corpus proceeding. Mallard v. Iowa, 490 U.S.

296, 301-308 (1989). This is not an extraordinary case

warranting the appointment of counsel. 

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Petitioner’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel for Indigent

Inmate is DENIED.

DATED: November 27, 2006.

/s/ Oliver W. Wanger

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Oliver W. Wanger

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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