Fisher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDY JAMES GEREN, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-01662-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND v. ) REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

R. FISHER, et.al., ) ) [ECF No. 15] Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Randy James Geren is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s second request for appointment of counsel, filed January 31, 2020. 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 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 26 …