Jones v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General United States Postal Service (Pacific Area) Agency

• Court: District Court, N.D. California
• Decided: January 7, 2022
• Docket: 4:21-cv-02849
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 KYUNG SOOK JONES, Case No. 21-cv-02849-HSG 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 9 y. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL Re: Dkt. No. 37 10 LOUIS DEJOY, POSTMASTER GENERAL UNITED STATES POSTAL 11 SERVICE (PACIFIC AREA) AGENCY, 12 Defendant.

14 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Appoint Counsel. Dkt. No. 37. On 3 15 || November 1, 2021, the Court denied Plaintiff's previous motion to appoint counsel. See Dkt. Nos. a 16 27, 32. At that time, the Court reviewed Plaintiff's request in accordance with the factors set out 3 17 by the Ninth Circuit in Bradshaw y. Zoological Society of San Diego, 662 F.2d 1301, 1318 (9th S 18 |] Cir. 1981). Under Bradshaw, in exercising its discretion regarding whether to appoint counsel, a 19 || district court must assess: “(1) the plaintiffs financial resources, (2) the efforts made by the 20 || plaintiff to secure counsel, and (3) whether the plaintiffs claim has merit.” Jd. 21 After reviewing Plaintiff's current Motion to Appoint Counsel, Dkt. No. 37, the Court 22 || finds that the analysis of the three factors as they apply to Plaintiff and her case has not 23 || meaningfully changed since the Court’s prior denial, see Dkt. No. 32. Accordingly, Plaintiffs 24 || Motion to Appoint Counsel is again DENIED. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 || Dated: 1/7/2022 27 Alawurdl Mbl |). HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 28 United States District Judge