In Re Nine Applications for Appointment of Counsel in Title VII Proceedings

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GUIN, District Judge.

Nine complainants have applied to this court for appointment of counsel. All seek gratuitous legal representation as plaintiffs in civil suits brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. One provision of that Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(l), allows an indigent complainant to apply, “and in such circumstances as the court may deem just, the court may appoint an attorney for such complainant . . ..” Without determining the merits of the claim of any applicant, nor relying on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…