Jiminez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IVORY LEWIS DOWNS, JR., No. 2:22-cv-1021 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. JIMINEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion for a third, thirty-day extension of the deadline to serve discovery requests in which he also requests the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 71. Good cause appearing, the request for an extension of time will be granted, but plaintiff is cautioned that no further extensions of time will be granted absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances. The deadlines for the filing of motions to compel and completion of discovery will also be extended. With respect to the request for appointment of counsel, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the district court may request the…