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Parties Involved:
Walter Shane Langston
Petitioner
Gary Swarthout
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WALTER SHANE LANGSTON,

Petitioner,

v.

GARY SWARTHOUT,

Respondent.

No. 2:12-cv-1633 CKD P

ORDER

Petitioner has filed a document the court construes as a request for 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 request for appointment of 

counsel (ECF No. 53) is denied.

Dated: October 2, 2014

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lang1633.110

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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