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Parties Involved:
Eric Vernon Parker
Petitioner
M. E. Spearman
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC VERNON PARKER,

Petitioner,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-02431-VC (PR)

ORDER DENYING 

PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR 

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

Dkt. No. 5

On July 16, 2015, Eric V. Parker filed a motion for appointment of counsel in this habeas 

action. The Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not apply in habeas corpus actions. See 

Knaubert v. Goldsmith, 791 F.2d 722, 728 (9th Cir. 1986). Title 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B), 

however, authorizes a district court to appoint counsel to represent a habeas petitioner whenever 

“the court determines that the interests of justice so require” and such person is financially unable 

to obtain representation. Appointment is mandatory only when the circumstances of a particular 

case indicate that appointed counsel is necessary to prevent due process violations. Chaney v. 

Lewis, 801 F.2d 1191, 1196 (9th Cir. 1986). 

The Court finds that due process concerns and the interests of justice do not require 

appointment of counsel at this time. Therefore, Parker’s motion is DENIED. This denial is 

without prejudice to the Court’s sua sponte reconsideration should it find appointment of counsel 

is necessary following consideration of the merits of Parker’s claims.

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United States District Court

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This Order terminates Docket No. 5.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 30, 2015

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC VERNON PARKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-02431-VC 

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 July 30, 2015, 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.

Eric Vernon Parker ID: G-02354

CTF North A RB131 low

PO Box 705

Soledad, CA 93960 

Dated: July 30, 2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Kristen Melen, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable VINCE CHHABRIA

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