Kokor
(PC) Tillman v. Kokor
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID TILLMAN, Case No. 1:18-cv-01171-DAD-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO AMEND
v. ECF No. 24 KOKOR,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
Defendant. TO APPOINT COUNSEL ECF No. 20 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s unopposed motion to amend page 12 of his first amended complaint is granted for good cause shown. ECF No. 24. Plaintiff also moves for the court to appoint counsel. ECF No. 20. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court lacks the authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff. See Mallard v. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). The court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel. See 28…