Corralejo

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EDWARD ANDROSHCHUK, Case No. 2:25-cv-0397-JDP (P) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 B. CORRALEJO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 18 Plaintiff requests that the court appoint counsel. Plaintiff has also filed his fourth motion seeking 19 an extension of time to file an amended complaint. 20 Plaintiff requests an extension of sixty days; however, plaintiff has already been granted 21 90 days to file an amended complaint. See ECF Nos. 10, 13, & 18. Therefore, plaintiff will be 22 granted thirty days from the date of this order’s issuance to file an amended complaint. Absent 23 extraordinary circumstances, no further extensions will be granted. 24 District courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 25 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In exceptional 26 circumstances, the court may…