Perez v. Lackawanna County Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA JOAN PEREZ : CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:21-0292 Plaintiff : (JUDGE MANNION) v. : LACKAWANNA : COUNTY PRISON, et al., : Defendants

ORDER Plaintiff, Joan Perez, an inmate confined in the Lackawanna County Prison, Scranton, Pennsylvania, filed the above captioned civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983. (Doc. 1, complaint). Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for appointment of counsel. (Doc. 20).

For the following reasons, the Court will deny the motion.

Previously by Order dated November 15, 2021, Court denied a similar motion for appointment counsel. (See Doc. 13). That Order also provided that if future proceedings demonstrated the need for counsel, Plaintiff’s motion would be reconsidered. Since the entry of that order, Perez has continued to demonstrate a reasonable ability to litigate this action pro se.

Furthermore, his latest motion fails to set forth sufficient special circumstances or factors which would warrant the appointment of counsel.

See Tabron v. Grace, 6 F.3d 147, 153, 155-157 (3d Cir. 1993).

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, (Doc. 20) is DENIED.

s/ Malachy E. Mannion MALACHY E. MANNION United States District Judge Date: June 27, 2022 21-0292-06

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