Valladolid

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 MUJAAHID F. HARRIS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01502-JLT-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

O. VALLADOLID, et al.,

Defendants. (ECF No. 29) 16 Plaintiff Mujaahid F. Harris is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 17 this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1). Before the Court is 18 Plaintiff’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel. (ECF No. 29). Plaintiff cites several reasons why 19 the Court should appoint him counsel, such as inability to afford counsel, the need to do 20 significant research and investigation, hindered law library access, limited knowledge of the law, 21 and the need to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses at trial. (Id. at 1). 22 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. 23 Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 24 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent…