Espinoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 JAMESETTA GUY, Case No. 1:19-cv-00498-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

J. ESPINOZA, et al., (ECF NO. 10)

Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, Jamesetta Guy, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 16, 2019, Plaintiff, on behalf of herself and Jane Doe 1-500, filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 10). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because the case is meritorious, because she and Jane Doe 1-500 needs assistance in presenting the case, and because she and Jane Doe 1-500 have suffered irreparable harm as a result of Defendants’ actions. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998),…