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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CORY JAMES WHITE, Case No.: 1:20-cv-00892-KES-CDB Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (Doc. 60) RON KRANTZ, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Cory James White is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. I. INTRODUCTION On December 8, 2025, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Plaintiff’s Response to 21 [Defendants’] Answer to the First Amended Complaint; and Plaintiff’s Demand for Jury Trial,”1 and includes a request the Court appoint counsel to represent Plaintiff. (Doc. 60.) II. DISCUSSION Plaintiff requests an attorney be appointed to represent him in this matter because he is “a layman at law, the issues are complex and need to be developed to show collusion and the deliberate [indifference] of the defendants.” (Doc. 60.)

1 Plaintiffs do not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in section 1983 actions. Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520,…