Coyle

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRED FELEKI MARTINEZ, No. 1:24-cv-0958 GSA (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 10) COYLE, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 10. In support of it, Plaintiff asserts that he suffers from a severe mental illness which, at times, has required that he be sent to psychiatric facilities. Id. at 1. At times, Plaintiff contends, he is unaware of reality. Id. Plaintiff also attaches an Inmate Request for Assistance from Court form, which is signed by a prison employee. Id. at 2-3. Presumably, it has been attached to support his claim that he needs appointed counsel to pursue this case. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may…