ABEL v. VANTLIN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION CHARLES DAVID ABEL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2:23-cv-00057-JPH-MKK ) DOUG VANTLIN, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE MOTION FOR ASSISTANCE WITH RECRUITING COUNSEL Plaintiff Charles David Abel has filed a motion for assistance recruiting counsel. Dkt. 3. Litigants in federal civil cases do not have a constitutional or statutory right to court-appointed counsel. Walker v. Price,

900 F.3d 933, 938

(7th Cir. 2018). Instead, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) gives courts the authority to "request" counsel.…