(PC) Driver v. ADA 1824 Panels
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY DRIVER, JR., Case No. 1:19-cv-01718-DAD-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE,
PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL ADA 1824 PANELS, et al., (ECF No. 14) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Billy Driver, Jr. is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed on January 14, 2020. (ECF No. 14.) Plaintiff asserts that the Court should appoint counsel to represent him in this case because he is mentally ill, his access to the prison law library is being obstructed, and he will need the assistance of a lawyer at any jury trial in this case. 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…