Arnold

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DERIK NATHANIEL WALKER, No. 2:19-cv-0185 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER E. ARNOLD, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a second motion requesting the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 21. Plaintiff states that he cannot afford a lawyer, as evidenced by the fact that he has been granted in forma pauperis status in this action. See id. at 1. He also states that his incarceration will greatly limit his ability to litigate his case given that it will involve substantial investigation and discovery. See id. at 1-2. The complexity of the issues in the case, his inexperience as a civil litigant, as well as the fact that at trial, the appointment of counsel would help him present evidence and cross-examine witnesses, are other reasons he contends that his request for counsel should be granted. See id. at 2. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent…