Ramirez v. Phillips

• Court: District Court, D. Arizona
• Decided: January 6, 2020
• Docket: 2:19-cv-03333
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Jose Jesus Ramirez, No. CV-19-03333-PHX-DLR (ESW) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 Vv. Wayne A Phillips, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 The Court has considered Plaintiff's “Non-Prisoner Application to Proceed In □□ Forma Pauperis” (Doc. 17). Plaintiff was previously granted leave to proceed in forma || pauperis (Doc. 5), and his financial circumstances have not changed. Plaintiff's renewed || Application (Doc. 17) will be granted. Plaintiff's request for legal counsel was denied by || the Court’s Order of October 21, 2019 (Doc. 16); no extraordinary circumstances have 29 || been articulated. Further, Plaintiffs indigent status alone does not entitle him to the || appointment of expert witnesses. Expert witnesses cannot be appointed solely to aid a 92 || litigant in presenting his case. Expert witnesses can only be appointed to aid the Court. || See Pedraya v. Jones, 71 F.3d 194, 196 (5™ Cir. 1995). Plaintiff has not met this showing. 24 IT IS ORDERED granting Plaintiff's “Non-Prisoner Application to Proceed In 25 || Forma Pauperis” (Doc. 17) to the extent set forth herein. 26 Dated this 6th day of January, 2020. C | | j f 27 Honorable Eileen S. Willett 28 United States Magistrate Judge