Bettys v. State of Washington

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 JOHN EDWARD BETTYS, CASE NO. 3:23-cv-05838-DGE-TLF 11 Plaintiff, ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL 12 v. 13 STATE OF WASHINGTON et al., 14 Defendant. 15 16 This matter comes before the Court on its own review of the record, and Plaintiff’s oral 17 request for appointment of counsel. 18 I BACKGROUND 19 Plaintiff is civilly committed under Washington State’s Sexually Violent Predators Act, 20 Washington Revised Code § 71.09. (Dkt. No. 65 at 2.) He currently resides at the DSHS 21 Special Commitment Center on…