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Parties Involved:
Eric Arnold
Respondent
Richard C. Davidson
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD C. DAVIDSON,

Petitioner,

v.

ERIC ARNOLD,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-03298-JD 

ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION 

AND DENYING MOTION TO 

APPOINT COUNSEL

Re: Dkt. Nos. 11, 15, 16, 17

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby ordered that respondent’s motion for an 

extension (Docket Nos. 15, 16, 17) is GRANTED. Respondent shall file an answer by February 

6, 2017.

Petitioner has requested the appointment of counsel. 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 has presented his claims adequately, and they are not 

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

motion (Docket No. 11) is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 12, 2017

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD C. DAVIDSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

ERIC ARNOLD,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-03298-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 12, 2017, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Richard C. Davidson ID: AK4986 B-10-118

California State Prison-Solano

P.O. Box 4000

Vacaville, CA 95696 

Dated: January 12, 2017

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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