Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK HUNT, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00504-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL OR

GUARDIAN AD LITEM, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

D. DIAZ, et al., ) ) [ECF No. 29] Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Mark Hunt is appearing 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 or guardian ad litem, filed February 28, 2020. I. DISCUSSION A. Appointment of Counsel 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). …