(PC) Chavez v. Kings County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 PABLO MENDOZA CHAVEZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00369-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 KINGS COUNTY, et al., (ECF NO. 8)
Defendants.
17 Pablo Chavez (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 24, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 8). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he does not know how to proceed pro se (he does not understand the law or civil suits). Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1).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…