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Parties Involved:
Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Respondent
Linna Ye
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LINNA YE,

Petitioner, No. 2:13-cv-0972 CKD P

vs.

DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, 

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. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s May 16, 2013 request

for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 3) is denied without prejudice to a renewal of the motion at

a later stage of the proceedings.

Dated: May 29, 2013

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

2/md; ye0972.110

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