Willis v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “the local rule [83.11] differs only slightly from the Poindexter factors”
• affirming application of the factors set forth in the former LCvR 83.11(a)(4)(B) to decide a motion for the appointment of counsel in a civil action brought under the Freedom of Information Act
• affirming application of the factors set forth in the former LCvR 83.11(a)(4)(B) to decide a motion for the appointment of counsel in a civil action brought under the Freedom of Information Act
• noting with approval that “[tjhe magistrate also based his denial on. his determination that [the plaintiffs] FOIA case did not involve complex legal or factual issues and, like many FOIA cases, would not require any discovery.”
• “[C]ounsel need not be appointed because [Plaintiff] had shown through numerous, coherent filings that he was capable of representing himself ....”
• “[Gjiven the magistrate’s conclusion that [Plaintiff] was capable of handling his relar tively straightforward FOIA case unaided, the magistrate did not' need to go any further”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).