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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMISI JERMAINE CALLOWAY, No. 2:16-CV-2532-WBS-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

15 REHABILITATION, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 19 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion for the appointment of 20 counsel and to stay discovery, ECF No. 94. Also before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for an 21 extension of time, ECF No. 102. 22 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to 23 require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. See Mallard v. United States Dist. 24 Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the 25 voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 26 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th…