Case Name: Dennis OBADO, Appellant v. UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States Department of Homeland Security; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-21
Citations: 712 F. App'x 135
Docket Number: No. 17-2926
Parties: Dennis OBADO, Appellant v. UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States Department of Homeland Security; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Judges: Before: RESTREPO, BIBAS, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 712
Pages: 135–136

Head Matter:
Dennis OBADO, Appellant v. UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States Department of Homeland Security; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
No. 17-2926
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted for Possible Dismissal Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) or Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 February 15, 2018
(Opinion filed: February 21, 2018)
Dennis Obado, Pro Se
Susan Millenky, Esq., Caroline A. Sad-lowski, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, for Defendants-Appel-lees
Before: RESTREPO, BIBAS, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM
Pro se appellant Dennis Obado appeals from the District Court's post-judgment order denying his motion for appointment of counsel. For the following reasons, we will affirm.
Obado fled in the District Court a habe-as petition brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He alleged that the Government has conducted, and possibly still is conducting, immigration-related investigations about him, and he asked the District Court to issue an order that, among other things, prevents the Government from investigating him and taking him into custody.
In April 2017, the District Court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction sua sponte because Obado was not "in custody" for purposes of § 2241. About a week later, Obado filed in the District Court a post-judgment'motion-to appoint counsel. The District Court denied that motion. Thereafter, Obado filed a timely appeal challenging the District Court's order dismissing his habeas petition and the subse quent order denying his post-judgment motion to appoint counsel. This Court affirmed the District Court's orders. See Obado v. United States Gov't, et al., C.A. No. 17-2116, 2017 WL 5564552 (order entered on Aug. 9, 2017).
In July 2017, Obado filed in the District Court a second post-judgment motion for appointment of counsel. He requested the appointment of counsel "in order to immediately protect [his] critical rights," which he believes will be impugned if he is not permitted to investigate the Government investigation which may be proceeding against him. D. Ct. Doc. No. 18 at 2. The District Court, in a three-page memorandum and order, denied the motion, and Obado filed a timely notice of appeal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. See Isidor Paiewonsky Assoc. v. Sharp Props., Inc., 998 F.2d 145, 151 (3d Cir. 1993) (explaining that a district court's post-judgment order which is "not simply a ministerial or administrative act" but "effectively decided matters and interests not before it when it issued its earlier judgment on the merits" is final and ap-pealable).
The District Court did not err in denying Obado's motion for appointment of counsel. The motion was filed post-judgment, and he thus had no pending case in the District Court for which appointment of counsel would be necessary. And, in any event, because the District Court lacked jurisdiction over the habeas petition because Obado did not satisfy § 2241's "in custody" requirement, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c); Kumarasamy v. Att'y Gen., 453 F.3d 169, 172 (3d Cir. 2006), the "interests of justice" do not require the appointment of counsel, see 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2); Reese v. Fulcomer, 946 F.2d 247, 263-64 (3d Cir. 1991), superseded on other grounds by statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
For the above reasons, and because this appeal presents no substantial question, we will summarily affirm the District Court's order denying the second post-judgment motion for appointment of counsel. See 3d Cir. L.A.R. 27.4; 3d Cir. I.O.P. 10.6. We deny Obado's motion for appointment of counsel on appeal, see 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2); Reese, 946 F.2d at 263-64, and we also deny his other motions, including his motions to compel, his motion for remand, and his various requests for in-junctive relief.
This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.
. It appears that Obado is an alien, but his home country is not mentioned in the record,
. Obado has filed several motions in this Court, including a motion for appointment of counsel on appeal, a motion to expand the record, a motion for remand to the District Court, various motions to compel the Government to produce any discovery and return his property "if respondents are investigating petitioner," and several requests for injunctive relief asking for an order preventing the Government from investigating him and taking him into custody.