(PC)Hagan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 KEVIN HAGAN, Case No. 1:22-cv-00562-JLT-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL 14 RAUL RECAREY, et al., (ECF No. 53) 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Kevin Hagan is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel in this civil rights 18 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 On August 30, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF 20 No. 53). As grounds, he states, “Plaintiff presents exceptional circumstances as set forth. 21 Wherefore plaintiff requests this court request counsel to be appointed to assist Plaintiff in this 22 case.” (Id.). As an initial matter, Plaintiff is already represented by counsel in this case. See ECF No. 1, 50. That counsel is Benjamin Meir Rudin. Additionally, Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir.…