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Parties Involved:
Jose Meza
Petitioner
Stu Sherman
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE MEZA,

Petitioner,

v.

STU SHERMAN,

Respondent.

Case No. 18-cv-00599-JD 

ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 16

Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent filed an answer and the Court is waiting for petitioner’s traverse, 

though petitioner has filed a motion to appoint 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 motion to appoint counsel (Docket No. 16) is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2018

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

JOSE MEZA,

Plaintiff,

v.

STU SHERMAN,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-00599-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 November 30, 2018, 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.

Jose Meza ID: AR6374

Cal. Substance Abuse Treatment Facility

P.O. Box 5246

Corcoran, CA 93212 

Dated: November 30, 2018

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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