Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars ($2,977.00) in United States Currency v. State

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals

San Antonio, Texas

December 12, 2016

No. 04-16-00713-CV

TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($2,977.00) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 25th Judicial District Court, Guadalupe County, Texas Trial Court No. 14-2653-CV Honorable William Old, Judge Presiding

ORDER

Appellant is an inmate acting pro se in a civil suit. In his notice of appeal, Appellant moved this court to appoint appellate counsel.

A court may appoint counsel for a pro se civil litigant “under exceptional circumstances.”

See Gibson v. Tolbert, 102 S.W.3d 710, 712 (Tex. 2003) (citing Travelers Indem. Co. of Conn. v. Mayfield, 923 S.W.2d 590, 594 (Tex. 1996)); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 24.016 (West 2004). Exceptional circumstances are “rare and unusual,” and Appellant’s motion presents no such circumstances. See Gibson, 102 S.W.3d at 713 (denying court-appointed counsel to an indigent inmate for his civil suit against prison personnel).

Appellant’s motion for court-appointed appellate counsel is DENIED.

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Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 12th day of December, 2016.

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Keith E. Hottle Clerk of Court