1. Does an indigent pro se prisoner have a constitutional right to counsel and necessary financial assistance in an where (1) the state has removed certain classes of claims beyond the reach of direct review, (2) he seeks to raise substantial, if factually undeveloped, federal questions concerning the integrity of his conviction, (3) the state has no 'alternative procedures' to allow him to develop the facts of his claims, (4) the state's habeas framework requires an initial showing of merits in order to pass through agate-keeping mechanism, and (5) it is more likely than not that he will be unable to successfully run the gauntlet of the state's procedure without counsel?

Does an indigent pro se prisoner have a constitutional right to counsel and necessary financial assistance in an initial-review-collateral-proceeding?