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Parties Involved:
Leverett Grissom
Petitioner
Mike Knowles
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEVERETT GRISSOM,

Petitioner, No. 2:09-cv-0040 JAM KJN P

vs.

MIKE KNOWLES, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner has requested the appointment of counsel. 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). However, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A authorizes the appointment of counsel at

any stage of the case “if the interests of justice so require.” See Rule 8(c), Fed. R. Governing

§ 2254 Cases. In the present case, the court does not find that the interests of justice would be

served by the appointment of counsel at the present time. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s February 10, 2010

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 request for appointment of counsel is denied without prejudice to a renewal of the motion at a

later stage of the proceedings.

DATED: February 17, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

gris0040.110

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