Zaldivar-Galves

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEITH JEROME WRIGHT, No. 1:24-cv-01029 JLT GSA (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

13 v. (ECF No. 20) 14 IDALBERTO ZALDIVAR-GALVEZ, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 20. In support of the 18 motion, Plaintiff states in part that his case is a complex medical matter which currently presents 19 imminent danger to his health. Id.1 He also states that he is indigent; that he is uneducated, and 20 that his search for a pro bono attorney to represent him has been unsuccessful. Id. 21 District courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 22 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In exceptional 23 circumstances, a court may request an attorney to voluntarily represent such a plaintiff. See 28 24 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. 25 Housewright, 900 F.2d…