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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 GEORGE A. LAGUER, No. 1:24-cv-00979-KES-SAB (PC) 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

9 v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE 10 H. ARREOLA, et al., (ECF No. 22)

11 Defendants.

12 13 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action filed pursuant to 42 14 U.S.C. § 1983. 15 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed June 24, 16 2025. In support of his motion for appointment of counsel, Plaintiff states that the case is 17 complex, requires expert testimony, he has limited education and knowledge of the law, he has 18 limited access to the law library, and he is indigent. (ECF No. 22.) 19 The Constitution provides no right to appointment of counsel in a civil case unless an 20 indigent litigant may lose his physical liberty if he loses the litigation. Lassiter v. Dep’t of Soc. 21 Servs., 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981). However, under 28 U.S.C. §…