{"content":[{"text":"Unlike a criminal case, a party in a civil case has no constitutional right to","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.088981,"width":0.629241,"height":0.021829}},{"text":"appointment of counsel.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.126734,"width":0.20466599999999996,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"Durre v. Dempsey, 869 F.2d 543, 547 (10th Cir. 1989).","bbox":{"left":0.343611,"top":0.126734,"width":0.470067,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(e), the court may in its discretion appoint counsel in a civil","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.164461,"width":0.7547020000000001,"height":0.021829000000000015}},{"text":"action to represent a person proceeding in forma pauperis who is unable to afford","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.20234,"width":0.6903840000000001,"height":0.021829000000000015}},{"text":"counsel.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.240219,"width":0.07005400000000002,"height":0.021829000000000015}},{"text":"See Miller v. Glanz, 948 F.2d 1562, 1572 (10th Cir. 1991); 28 U.S.C.","bbox":{"left":0.209052,"top":0.240219,"width":0.5910599999999999,"height":0.021829000000000015}},{"text":"' 1915(e) (“The court may request an attorney to represent any person unable to afford","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.277946,"width":0.738211,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"counsel.”); see also Ekis v. Comm=r of Soc. Sec., Civ. A. No. 96-2418-JWL, 1996 WL","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.315863,"width":0.7357300000000001,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"633850 (D. Kan. Oct. 28, 1996) (applying 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(e) in a Social Security case).","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.353741,"width":0.758989,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"In determining whether to appoint counsel, the district court should give careful","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.39162,"width":0.678064,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"consideration to all the circumstances, including whether the plaintiff has a colorable","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.429499,"width":0.7217330000000001,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"claim.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.467226,"width":0.05234799999999999,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"Hill v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 393 F.3d 1111, 1115 (10th Cir. 2004); Rucks","bbox":{"left":0.191209,"top":0.467226,"width":0.68932,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"v. Boergermann, 57 F.3d 978, 979 (10th Cir. 1995).","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.504953,"width":0.4398649999999999,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"As the court in Hill noted, “‘The","bbox":{"left":0.578685,"top":0.504953,"width":0.276957,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"burden is on the applicant to convince the court that there is sufficient merit to his claim","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.542706,"width":0.747635,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"to warrant the appointment of counsel.’","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.580433,"width":0.334938,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"McCarthy v. Weinberg, 753 F.2d 836, 838 (10th","bbox":{"left":0.46969,"top":0.580433,"width":0.412333,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"Cir. 1985).","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.618161,"width":0.092323,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"‘Only in those extreme cases where the lack of counsel results in","bbox":{"left":0.227091,"top":0.618161,"width":0.550724,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"fundamental unfairness will the district court’s decision be overturned.’","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.655888,"width":0.608304,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"Id. at 839” (a","bbox":{"left":0.742859,"top":0.655888,"width":0.11218499999999998,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"prisoner with multiple sclerosis, diminished eyesight, hearing, and ability to","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.693767,"width":0.64512,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"communicate who attended court in a wheelchair and needed to present complex medical","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.731494,"width":0.758327,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"issues requiring expert opinion should have been appointed counsel).","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.769259,"width":0.586655,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"If the court finds that the plaintiff has a colorable claim, the court should “consider","bbox":{"left":0.176503,"top":0.806986,"width":0.7038110000000001,"height":0.021828999999999987}},{"text":"the nature of the factual issues raised in the claims and ability of the plaintiff to \n 2","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.844714,"width":0.672594,"height":0.047998000000000096}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}