Garcia
(PC) Jones v. Garcia
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES B. JONES, 1:17-cv-01311-LJO-SKO (PC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
J. GARCIA, et al., (Doc. #38)
Defendants.
16 Plaintiff Charles B. Jones is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 16, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking the appointment of counsel. (Doc. 38.) Plaintiffs do not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in section 1983 actions, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiffs under 28 U.S.C. § 21 1915(e)(1). See Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 304-05 (1989). However, in 22 “exceptional circumstances,” the Court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant 23 to section 1915(e)(1). Rand, 113 F.3d at 1525. 24 The Court will seek volunteer counsel only in the most serious and…