Ortiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN MARQUEZ, Case No. 1:23-cv-01782-KES-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

RENEWED MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT

v. OF COUNSEL

O. ORTIZ, et al., Defendants. (ECF No. 33) 15 Plaintiff Jonathan Marquez is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 16 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 19, 2025, Plaintiff filed a renewed 17 motion for appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 33). 18 Notably, Plaintiff filed a previous motion for appointment of counsel on July 10, 2025, 19 (ECF No. 24) which the Court denied without prejudice on July 15, 2025. (ECF No. 25). 20 Plaintiff’s current motion does not describe any changed circumstances or reasons to reconsider 21 the previous order. 22 As the Court previously informed Plaintiff, he does not have a constitutional right to 23 appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), 24 withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and…