Sammy Lee Terrell v. R.D. Brewer, Warden Jon Morales Christopher C. Phillips

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• holding that courts may exercise their 7 discretion to request counsel only under “exceptional circumstances”
• holding that \exceptional circumstances\ must exist to appoint counsel in a civil case; court should look to likelihood of success on the merits and complexity of issues
• holding that \exceptional circumstances\ must exist to appoint counsel in a civil case and that court should look to complexity of issues and likelihood of success on the merits
• holding Rule 56(f) does not require additional discovery unless the party opposing summary judgment shows the existence of additional essential and discoverable evidence
• holding that “respondeat 3 superior is inapplicable to Bivens actions[]”
• noting that because plaintiff 13 “demonstrated sufficient writing ability and legal knowledge to articulate his claim[,]” the claims 14 were not too complex for a pro se litigant

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