(PC) Kiger v. Johnson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHNATHAN HOWARD KIGER, No. 2:23-cv-1263 DC SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER TRACY JOHNSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s motions for the appointment of counsel and for extensions of time. (ECF Nos. 18, 19, 26, 27.) For the reasons set forth below, this court denies the motions for appointment of counsel, grants plaintiff an extension of time to file a third amended complaint, and provides plaintiff the opportunity to conduct limited discovery to determine the identities of the “Doe” defendants. MOTIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL District courts lack authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In exceptional circumstances, the court may request an attorney to…