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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AKIVA ISRAEL, Case No. 24-cv-08818-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER

v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47 ROBERT SALINAS, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court granted and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss on exhaustion grounds. Several defendants were dismissed, and the remaining defendants were ordered to file a dispositive motion in 90 days. Plaintiff has also filed several motions to appoint counsel and to modify the discovery schedule. Defendants filed a motion to compel plaintiff to attend and meaningfully participate in her deposition, following three unsuccessful attempts to depose her. Appointment of Counsel Plaintiff requests the appointment of counsel for the limited purpose of representing her at the deposition. The Ninth Circuit has held that a district court may ask counsel to represent an indigent litigant only in “exceptional circumstances,” the…