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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELISSA FAIRFIELD, Case No. 1:19-cv-00632-JDP

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. ECF No. 10 CRISTANO CORPUZ, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

Defendants. FOR AN EXTENSION

ECF No.

ORDER DENYING AS MOON PLAINTIFF’S

INITIAL REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION

18 ECF No. 9 19 20 Plaintiff Melissa Fairfield is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 18, 2019, plaintiff moved for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 10. Fairfield argues that her claims are meritorious, that she is incarcerated, and that she has a layperson’s understanding of the law. Id. Fairfield does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds on reh’g en banc,…