Underwood

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY UNDERWOOD, ) Case No.: 24-CV-2423-BEN-DDL ) Plaintiff, ) DENIAL OF MOTION FOR v. ) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL ) JACK A. LOVE, ESQ., and LAW )

OFFICES OF JACK A. LOVE,

) Defendant. ) 16 17 The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to the 18 assistance of counsel in criminal prosecutions. This right ensures that a criminal 19 defendant who faces potential incarceration is entitled to be represented by an attorney, 20 and if the defendant is indigent, the court must appoint counsel at no cost to the 21 defendant. However, these constitutional guarantees do not extend to civil proceedings. 22 In the context of a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or other 23 similar statutes, the plaintiff is not entitled to court-appointed counsel as a matter of 24 constitutional right. Civil litigants, including those asserting claims of constitutional 25 violations, must generally proceed without…