Filed: Oct. 24, 2014
Latest Update: Oct. 24, 2014
Summary: ORDER CHIRSTOPHER C. CONNER, Chief District Judge. AND NOW, this 24th day of October, 2014, upon consideration of plaintiff's motion (Doc. 60) for appointment of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(1), and assuming that plaintiff's claims have an arguable basis in law and fact 1 , and it appearing, from the amended complaint (Doc. 14), the progression of the litigation thus far, and the instant motion (Doc. 60), that he is capable of properly and forcefully prosecuting his claims, and tha
Summary: ORDER CHIRSTOPHER C. CONNER, Chief District Judge. AND NOW, this 24th day of October, 2014, upon consideration of plaintiff's motion (Doc. 60) for appointment of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(1), and assuming that plaintiff's claims have an arguable basis in law and fact 1 , and it appearing, from the amended complaint (Doc. 14), the progression of the litigation thus far, and the instant motion (Doc. 60), that he is capable of properly and forcefully prosecuting his claims, and that..
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ORDER
CHIRSTOPHER C. CONNER, Chief District Judge.
AND NOW, this 24th day of October, 2014, upon consideration of plaintiff's motion (Doc. 60) for appointment of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1), and assuming that plaintiff's claims have an arguable basis in law and fact1, and it appearing, from the amended complaint (Doc. 14), the progression of the litigation thus far, and the instant motion (Doc. 60), that he is capable of properly and forcefully prosecuting his claims, and that discovery neither implicates complex legal or factual issues nor requires factual investigation or the testimony of expert witnesses, and it being well-established that indigent civil litigants possess neither a constitutional nor a statutory right to appointed counsel in a civil case, Montgomery v. Pinchak, 294 F.3d 492, 498 (3d Cir. 2002), and that district courts have broad discretion to determine whether to appoint counsel under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion (Doc. 60) is DENIED. If further proceedings demonstrate the need for counsel, the matter will be reconsidered either sua sponte or upon motion of plaintiff.
