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Parties Involved:
Dennis Mains
Petitioner
Mule Creek State Prison
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DENNIS MAINS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

MULE CREEK STATE PRISON, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:14-cv-0504-EFB P 

ORDER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has requested that the court appoint 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). The court may appoint counsel at any stage of the proceedings “if the 

interests of justice so require.” See 18 U.S.C. § 3006A; see also, Rule 8(c), Rules Governing 

§ 2254 Cases. The court does not find that the interests of justice would be served by the 

appointment of counsel at this stage of the proceedings. 

 Accordingly, it hereby is ORDERED that petitioner’s request for appointment of counsel 

(ECF No. 9) is denied without prejudice. 

Dated: March 20, 2014. 

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