ARNEY v. MYERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ROBERT CURTIS ARNEY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:22-cv-02135-JPH-MG ) MATTHEW MYERS, ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE MOTION FOR ASSISTANCE WITH RECRUITING COUNSEL Plaintiff has filed a motion for assistance recruiting counsel. 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. Mallard v. United States District…