Hymas v. United States Department of State

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE JAY HYMAS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:23-CV-00336-DCLC-JEM ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE ) and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ) TREASURY, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Jay Hymas’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel Per Rule 23 [Doc. 38] and Defendants’ Response in Opposition [Doc. 40]. During the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Mr. Hymas was in South America, where the virus’s outbreak had prompted the cancellation of his commercial flight back to the…