Agtarap

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 EDGAR AGTARAP, Case No. 1:25-cv-01534-KES-EPG 11 Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

BAILEY, et al.,

Defendants. (ECF No. 29) 16 Plaintiff Edgar Agtarap proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 17 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1). This action was removed from the Superior Court of the State of 18 California, County of Kings on November 10, 2025. 19 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel filed on December 16, 20 2025 (ECF No. 4). Plaintiff cites several reasons why the Court should appoint him counsel, such 21 as being legally deaf, suffering from type two diabetes, and being unable to afford counsel. (Id., 22 p. 1). 23 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. 24 Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 25 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent Plaintiff pursuant to 28 26 U.S.C. §…