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Parties Involved:
Clyde Sherwood Moss
Petitioner
Tom Voss
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLYDE SHERWOOD MOSS,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-2429 FCD JFM P 

vs.

TOM VOSS, Executive Director,

Coalinga State Hospital,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner has requested 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. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s November 13, 2007

request for appointment of counsel is denied without prejudice to a renewal of the motion at a

later stage of the proceedings.

DATED: February 6, 2008.

/001; moss2429.110

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