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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 KEFVON JEROME CAMP, Case No. 24-cv-04771-RMI Plaintiff, y. ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION Re: Dkt. Nos. 17, 20 M. VALDEZ, g Defendant. 9 For good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendant’s request for an extension (dkt. 20) to file a dispositive motion is GRANTED, and the motion shall be filed by June 2, 2025. Plaintiff has also filed a motion (dkt. 17) to appoint counsel. There is no constitutional || right to counsel in a civil case. Lassiter v. Dep’t of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981). || Although district courts may “request” that counsel represent a litigant who is proceeding in forma pauperis, as Plaintiff is here, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1), that does not give the courts the power to a |} make “coercive appointments of counsel.” Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 17 || 310.4989). The Ninth Circuit has held that a district court may ask counsel to represent an…