Samaniego

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EDDIE SAMANIEGO, Case No.: 24-cv-01442-TWR-MMP

CDCR #BG-7502,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

Plaintiff, APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL v. 10 [ECF No. 11] JESUS MORFIN, Correctional Officer, 11 Defendant. 12 13 14 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel. ECF No. 11. On August 12, 2024, pro se Plaintiff filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action under the Eighth Amendment. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff was subsequently granted in forma pauperis status. ECF No. 3. Now, more than seven months after commencing this action, Plaintiff requested this Court appoint him counsel. ECF No. 11. “[T]here is no absolute right to counsel in civil proceedings.” Hedges v. Resolution Trust Corp., 32 F.3d 1360, 1363 (9th Cir. 1994) (citation omitted). District courts have discretion, however, to appoint counsel for indigent civil litigants in “exceptional circumstances.” Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009); U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). In…