Dhillon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH LAVERY, No. 2:13-cv-2083 MCE AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER B. DHILLON, et al. Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel to assist him with opposing defendant Dhillon’s motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 214. In the motion, plaintiff also informs the court of a change of address. Presumably as a result of the move, he does not have access to the legal documents he needs to respond to defendant’s motion for summary judgment. See generally id. at 1. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332,…