(PC)Arteaga
Jose Arteaga v. J. Garcia, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOSE ARTEAGA, Case No. 1:22-cv-01292-KES-EPG (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
RENEWED MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT
v. OF COUNSEL
J. GARCIA, et al., Defendants. (ECF No. 49) 15 Plaintiff Jose Arteaga is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed 16 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion for the 17 appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 49). 18 On October 7, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 18). 19 The Court denied the motion on October 10, 2024. (ECF No. 19). Plaintiff’s current motion 20 does not set forth any changed circumstances or reasons to reconsider that order. 21 As the Court previously informed Plaintiff, he does not have a constitutional right to 22 appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), 23 withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot require 24 an attorney to…