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Date Created: 2023-01-13 17:04:41.297052+00
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01/13/2023

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                                                        ri                                Case Number: DA 23-0021

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                           DA 23-0021
                                                                          FILED
 GREGG ALLEN ZINDELL,                                                      JAN 1 2 2023
                                                                         Bowe n Gte,unwood
                                                                    CI         Supreme Court
               Petitioner and Appellant,                                       of hilontana

       v.                                                           ORDER

 STATE OF MONTANA,

               Respondent and Appellee.

       Sell-represented Appellant Gregg Allen Zindell moves this Court for appointment
of counsel in his appeal.      As grounds, he states that his complaints need to be
"[p]rofessionally addressed." Zindell is currently incarcerated in the Montana State Prison.
       Zindell appeals a December 14, 2022 Cascade County District Court Order denying
his second Petition for Postconviction Relief. There is no right to the appointment of
counsel in a postconviction proceeding for relief, although a court may order the
assignment of counsel under the circumstances outlined in § 46-8-104, MCA.
       Zindell is not entitled to the appointrnent of counsel in this appeal.          Zindell
represented himself in the District Court. He has not demonstrated that extraordinary
circumstances exist to justify appointment of counsel, pursuant to § 46-8-104(3), MCA.
Accordingly,
       IT IS ORDERED that Zindell's Motion for Appointment of Counsel is DENIED.
       The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to counsel of record and to
Gregg Allen Zindell along with a copy of this Court's Appellate Handbook for reference
to the Montana Rules of Appellate Procedure and access to its forms.
       DATED thisl Z. day of January, 2023.
                                                  For the Court.