Lopez
Lopez v. Martinez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JESUS ANDRES LOPEZ, Case No. 23-cv-02326-KAW (PR)
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
v. COUNSEL; AND GRANTING HIS
REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF
L. MARTINEZ, et al., TIME TO FILE AN OPPOSITION
Defendants.
Plaintiff Jesus Andres Lopez, a state prisoner incarcerated at the Correctional Training 13 Facility in Soledad, has filed a motion for appointment of counsel and a motion for an extension of 14 time to file his opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Dkts. 15, 18. 15 Plaintiff requests that the Court appoint counsel because he is disabled. Dkt. 15 at 1. 16 However, there is no constitutional right to counsel in a civil case. Lassiter v. Dep’t of Social 17 Services, 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981). 28 U.S.C. § 1915 confers on a district court only the power to 18 “request” that counsel represent a litigant who is proceeding in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. 19 § 1915(e)(1). This does not give the courts the power…