Edward P. Keenan, Jr. v. George F. McGrath

Edward P. Keenan, Jr., a prisoner confined in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at South Walpole, asks this court to appoint counsel to prosecute his appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing a complaint filed by him pro se in that court. An examination of the record discloses that although his complaint was docketed as a civil action, Keenan alleges therein that “the nature of his action is on the Criminal Side,” and this assertion is supported by the fact that Keenan does not ask for any civil remedy, such as damages or an…