McCowan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIMOTHY RAY BAKER, No. 2:15-cv-0248 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. MACOMBER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Discovery has closed and all motions have been decided. This case is scheduled for trial before the Honorable Troy L. Nunley commencing April 27, 2020. See ECF No. 134. Currently pending is plaintiff’s renewed request for appointment of counsel. ECF No. 139. However, the reasons for denying plaintiff’s last request for appointment of counsel still apply. See ECF No. 130 at 2:1 24 Plaintiff was previously informed, ECF No. 130 at 1-2: 25 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…