Unreported / Non-Citable
Disposition notice
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California denied without prejudice Petitioner Juan Montoya Echevarria's motion to appoint counsel (ECF No. 3) in his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Applying the Weygandt v. Look standard under the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B), the court found that Petitioner appeared to have a sufficient grasp of the claims and legal issues and could articulate them adequately, so the interests of justice did not require appointment of counsel at the present time. The court noted it may revisit the request if, upon review of Respondent's response, the legal issues prove more complex than they currently appear.