Chau

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARNELL MAURICE DUKES, No. 1:25-cv-00486-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE JAMES CHAU, et al., (ECF No. 3) 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis n this action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on April 28, 2025, along with a motion for appointment of counsel. (ECF Nos. 1, 3.) Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel on the basis that he has made unsuccessful efforts to obtain counsel, is unable to afford counsel, has limited access to the law library and legal materials, has limited education, and his medical issues coupled with his status as a prisoner limit his ability to litigate this case. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff 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…