CSP-Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ORVILLE M. MORRIS, No. 2:17-cv-2286 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CSP-SACRAMENTO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 22. In support of this motion, plaintiff states in part that he has “limited access to legal research,” that he is “unlearned in the matters of law,” that his case is complex, and that he has psychological damage that prevents him from moving forward with this case. See id. at 1. 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 voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir.…