Michael Devin Floyd v. Saber Fitness Hegenberger, LLC

• Court: District Court, N.D. California
• Decided: October 21, 2025
• Docket: 3:24-cv-01278
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MICHAEL DEVIN FLOYD, Case No. 24-cv-01278-TSH 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO ? v. APPOINT COUNSEL 10 SABER FITNESS HEGENBERGER, LLC, | Re: Dkt. No. 137 11 Defendant. 12 5 13 On October 10, 2025, Plaintiff Michael Devin Floyd moved the Court to appoint advisory 14 || counsel to assist him during the bench trial scheduled to start on January 12, 2026, stating: “If 3 15 || counsel is appointed, I only seek that counsel in the form of advisory counsel or standby counsel. a 16 || My past struggles with every lawyer who represented me prevent me from trusting another party 3 17 || to represent my interests in this lawsuit.” ECF No. 137. On October 16 the Court referred S 18 || Plaintiff to the Federal Pro Bono Project for an assessment of eligibility for appointment of pro 19 bono counsel. ECF No. 141. The Court has now been informed that, after meeting with Plaintiff, 20 || the Pro Bono Project has determined he is not eligible for counsel. Accordingly, the Court is 21 unable to appoint pro bono counsel, and Plaintiff's motion is DENIED. See Palmer v. Valdez, 22 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009) (““Generally, a person has no right to counsel in civil actions.”). 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 Dated: October 21, 2025 26 AL\.|\"4 _ THOMAS S. HIXSON 27 United States Magistrate Judge 28