Arakaki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, Case No. 1:17-cv-01404-AWI-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL L. ARAKAKI, et al., (ECF No. 52) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Rogelio May Ruiz is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s third motion for appointment of counsel, filed on November 22, 2019. (ECF No. 52.) Plaintiff asserts that the Court should appoint counsel who speaks Spanish to represent and interpret for him in this case because he only speaks Spanish and he does not know, or understand, the court rules or terminology. 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 any attorney to represent Plaintiff pursuant to 28…