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    Motion for Appointment of Counsel. All pro se litigants face one huge battle. The Courts, especially appellate courts, hate us! So, the best thing to do, even if you plan on writing your appeal yourself, is to see if you can get the court to appoint you counsel. That you you are not treated with the same amount of disrespect as you would without counsel submitting your work for you. So, in order to have our appeal treated reasonably, James motioned for appointment of counsel. Of couse, it was denied. Judge Hull and her husband's personal relationship with Georgia Power and Troutman Sanders, has to be the main reason for the denial. She cannot have the appeal go in favor of the appellant and her buds lose!

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    Motion for Appointment of Counsel. All pro se litigants face one huge battle. The Courts, especially appellate courts, hate us! So, the best thing to do, even if you plan on writing your appeal yourself, is to see if you can get the court to appoint you counsel. That you you are not treated with the same amount of disrespect as you would without counsel submitting your work for you. So, in order to have our appeal treated reasonably, James motioned for appointment of counsel. Of couse, it was denied. Judge Hull and her husband's personal relationship with Georgia Power and Troutman Sanders, has to be the main reason for the denial. She cannot have the appeal go in favor of the appellant and her buds lose!

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    Motion For Appointment of Counsel

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    Motion for Appointment of Counsel. All pro se litigants face one huge battle. The Courts, especially appellate courts, hate us! So, the best thing to do, even if you plan on writing your appeal yourself, is to see if you can get the court to appoint you counsel. That you you are not treated with the same amount of disrespect as you would without counsel submitting your work for you. So, in order to have our appeal treated reasonably, James motioned for appointment of counsel. Of couse, it was denied. Judge Hull and her husband's personal relationship with Georgia Power and Troutman Sanders, has to be the main reason for the denial. She cannot have the appeal go in favor of the appellant and her buds lose!

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    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

    FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

    JAMES B. STEGEMAN,
    JANET D. MCDONALD,
    Plaintiffs/Appellants APPEAL NO. 08-16174-CC
    DISTRICT COURT NO. 1:08-CV-1971

    Vs. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

    SUPERIOR COURT STONE


    MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT;
    SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
    CYNTHIA J. BECKER;
    GEORGIA POWER CO.;
    BRIAN P. WATT;
    SCOTT A. FARROW;
    Defendants/Appellees

    COMES NOW, Appellants and requests the appointment of counsel. District

    Court Judge William S. Duffey, Jr. has granted and Appellant has attached a copy

    of the Order Granting Motion to Appeal in Forma Pauperis signed December 23,

    2008 as “Exhibit A”, in which Judge Duffey states that Appellant Stegeman is

    disabled.

    Before this case was filed in U. S. District Court Appellants diligently

    searched for assistance through DeKalb County Adult Protective Services and

    Georgia’s Legal Aid Services. Both denied Mr. Stegeman any assistance. As a

    disabled adult receiving Supplemental Security Income, Mr. Stegeman is qualified


    and eligible for, and has a property right of legal assistance through Georgia’s

    Legal-Aid, who also receives federal funding. Further, a cause of action is a

    property interest which qualifies as entitlements, see the following:

    “Over the years, the Court has found a wide range of property
    interests that qualify as entitlements, including mere possessory
    interests in chattels (Fuentes v. Shevin, 1972), intangible interests
    such as causes of action (Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co., 1982),
    the right of an employer to discharge an employee for cause (Brock
    v. Roadway Express, Inc., 1987), a child’s entitlement to a public
    school education (Goss v. Lopez 1975), and continued gas and
    electric service conditioned upon payment of proper charges
    (Memphis Light, Gas & Water v. Craft, 1978).”1

    "No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United


    States, ... shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be ... denied
    the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program
    or activity receiving Federal financial assistance...." 29 U.S.C. Sec.
    794(a)

    The whole point of denying Mr. Stegeman Legal-Aid or assistance, is to

    prevent his being able to properly present his case to the Court.

    Appellant’s Move this Court for appointment of counsel.

    [Signatures on following page]

    1
    Procedural Due Process; A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution; By
    Rhonda Wasserman

    2
    Respectfully Submitted, this 5th day of January, 2008

    BY: ___________________________
    JAMES B. STEGEMAN, Pro Se
    821 Sheppard Rd.
    Stone Mountain, GA 30083
    (404) 300-9782

    BY: ___________________________
    JANET D. MCDONALD, Pro Se
    821 Sheppard Rd.
    Stone Mountain, GA 30083
    (404) 300-9782

    3
    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

    I Certify that I have this 5th day of January, 2009 served a true and correct

    copy of the foregoing Motion To Appoint Counsel upon Defendants/Appellees,

    through their attorneys on record by causing to be deposited with the U.S.P.S., First

    Class Mail, proper postage affixed thereto, addressed as follows:

    Daniel S. Reinhardt Devon Orland


    Troutman Sanders, LLP State of Georgia Dept. of Law
    Bank of America Plaza – Suite 5200 40 Capitol Square, S.W.
    600 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30334-1300
    Atlanta, GA 30308-2216

    ______________________________
    JAMES B. STEGEMAN, Pro Se
    JANET D. MCDONALD, Pro Se
    821 Sheppard Rd
    Stone Mountain, GA 30083
    (404) 300-9782

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