LOCKETT v. HARMON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION CHRISTOPHER LOCKETT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:24-cv-00064-JPH-KMB ) A. HARMON, ) J. GRAY, ) B. LUNSFORD, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE MOTION FOR ASSISTANCE WITH RECRUITING COUNSEL Plaintiff Christopher Lockett has filed a motion for assistance recruiting counsel. Dkt. 38. 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 district courts the…