McVay v. Zebell

Opinion

1 2 3

4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 RAYMOND DALE MCVAY, CASE NO. 2:23-cv-01065 8

Plaintiff, MINUTE ORDER 9 v. 10 WILL ZEBELL, KING COUNTY OFFICER 11 JOHN DOE, JON OSLUND, MAC SETTER, RANDAL WATTS, DAVE MCEACHRAN, 12 CHERYL SPRANGE, BOB FERGUSON, MARY BULLARD, TYRA FAYMOUS, and 13 JOHN DOE,

14 Defendants. 15

16 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable Jamal N. 17 Whitehead, United States District Judge: On July 21, 2023, Plaintiff filed an “Application for 18 Court-Appointed Counsel” to, among other things, represent him during a polygraph 19 examination on July 24, 2023. Dkt. No. 4. No constitutional right to appointed counsel exists in a 20 § 1983 action. Storseth v. Spellman, 654 F.2d 1349, 1353 (9th Cir. 1981). But the Court may 21 appoint counsel in “exceptional circumstances” for indigent civil litigants. Agyeman v. 22 Corrections Corp. of Am., 390 F.3d 1101, 1103 (9th Cir. 2004). Plaintiff has not requested leave 23 to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and the Court has made no findings about his indigent status. 24 Accordingly, the Court denies Plaintiff’s motion at this time. The Court directs Plaintiff to the 1 resources on the Court’s website about “representing yourself” and the related information and 2 forms for requesting counsel and applying to proceed IFP. 3

4 Dated this 24th day of July 2023. 5 Ravi Subramanian Clerk 6 /s/ Laura Hobbs 7 Deputy Clerk 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24