Gadekan v. United States Department of Agriculture, No. 4:12CV3208, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171147 (D. Neb. Dec. 3, 2012)

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(case involves plaintiff's motion to appoint counsel for himself and two estates and a trust; while plaintiff can proceed pro se on his own behalf, he cannot do so when an estate or trust has beneficiaries other than the plaintiff because doing so would constitute the unauthorized practice of law; court cannot appoint counsel in civil cases; plaintiff given until Jan. 29, 2013 to retain counsel).

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