Guthrie v. Allison

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 IAN GUTHRIE, Case No.: 3:19-cv-1452-WQH-AHG 12 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S 13 v. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL 14 M.E. SPEARMAN, Warden, [ECF No. 18] 15 Respondent. 16 17 Before the Court is Petitioner Ian Guthrie’s (“Petitioner”) Motion to Appoint 18 Counsel. ECF No. 18. For the reasons that follow, the Motion is DENIED. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 Petitioner, proceeding pro se, submitted a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 21 pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

along with a request to proceed in forma pauperis on…