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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONNY STEWARD, 1:19-cv-01022-DAD-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S v. SECOND MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, et al. (ECF No. 12) Defendants.

Plaintiff, Donny Steward, is 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 for the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 12.) The Court will deny the motion. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). However, in certain exceptional circumstances the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel…