(PS) Genessi v. Placer County Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SIOBHAN GENESSI, Case No. 2:23-cv-01054-DAD-JDP (PS)

Plaintiff, ORDER

v. GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN

PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

PLACER COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND FOR AN

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE AN

et al., AMENDED COMPLAINT

Defendants. ECF No.

Plaintiff has filed a motion for appointment of counsel and an extension of time to file a second amended complaint. ECF No. 15. Generally, pro se litigants do not have a right to counsel in civil actions. Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). However, the court can request an attorney represent an indigent civil litigant under certain exceptional circumstances. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) (“The court may request an attorney to represent any person unable to afford counsel”); see Agyeman v. Corrections Corp. of America, 390 F.3d 1101, 1103 (9th Cir 2004). In determining whether such…