Singh
(PC) Roberts v. Singh
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID ROBERTS, Case No. 1:20-cv-00074-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT
COUNSEL
v.
SINGH, et al., (ECF No. 12) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff David Roberts (“Plaintiff”) 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 motion for appointment of counsel, filed January 27, 2020. (ECF No. 12.) Plaintiff also requests a jury, that the Court put him on calendar to attend all hearings on this case, and updates regarding this case and several other case numbers. (Id.) Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), rev’d in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952, 954 n.1 (9th Cir. 1998), and the court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. U.S. Dist.…