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Parties Involved:
Lazaris Fuller
Petitioner
W. L. Muniz
Respondent

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAZARIS FULLER, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

W. L. MUNIZ, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 18-cv-06379-PJH 

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS 

Re: Dkt. Nos. 16, 17 

Petitioner filed a habeas petition that was denied on the merits on May 14, 2019. 

Docket No. 11. The court granted a certificate of appealability on one claim but denied it 

for the remaining claims. Id. Petitioner has now filed motions to appoint counsel and for 

a certificate of appealability and he has filed an appeal with the 9th Circuit. 

The Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel does not apply in habeas corpus actions. 

Knaubert v. Goldsmith, 791 F.2d 722, 728 (9th Cir. 1986). However, 18 U.S.C. § 

3006A(a)(2)(B) provides that in habeas cases, whenever “the court determines that the 

interests of justice so require”, representation may be provided for any financially eligible 

person. Petitioner presented his claims adequately, and they were not particularly 

complex. The interests of justice do not require the appointment of counsel. The motion 

to appoint counsel (Docket No. 16) is DENIED. Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of 

appealability (Docket No. 17) for the remaining claims is DENIED for the same reasons 

set forth in the prior order. 

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Petitioner may file these motions in the Ninth Circuit with his appeal. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 2, 2019 

 

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON 

United States District Judge 

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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