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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHNNY HOWARD GATES, Case No. 1:19-cv-01279-NONE-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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RODRIGUEZ, et al., (ECF No. 22) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Johnny Howard Gates (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is currently set before Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson for a pre-settlement telephone conference on April 20, 2020, and a settlement conference on May 1, 2020. (ECF No. 21.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel, filed March 12, 2020. (ECF No. 22.) In his motion, Plaintiff states only that he has an ongoing case and is in need of an attorney to assist him at his upcoming court dates. (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…