Magdy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE GUADALUPE CALDERON, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-01734-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR v. ) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

MAGDY DANIALS, et.al., ) [ECF No. 19] ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Jose Guadalupe Calderon 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, filed March 9, 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 may request…