Smith v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLEE DIVISION CIVIL CASE NO. 1:21-cv-00202-MR S. SHANE SMITH, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) NORTH CAROLINA DEPARMENT ) OF PUBLIC SAFETY, et al., ) ORDER ) Defendants. ) _______________________________ ) THIS MATTER is before the Court on initial review of the Complaint. [Doc. 1]. Also pending is the Plaintiff’s Motion for the Appointment of Counsel. [Doc. 3]. The pro se Plaintiff1 is serving a life sentence for offenses he committed in 1990 including second-degree murder and arson. He filed the Complaint…