Pfieffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADAM JAY STONE, No. 1:21-cv-01461-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 197) C. PFEIFFER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Adam Jay Stone is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is currently set for jury trial on April 29, 2025. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed January 15, 2025. As Plaintiff is aware, does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require any attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). However, in certain exceptional circumstances the Court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to section 1915(e)(1). Rand,…