Baughman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KENNETH ALLAN ACQUAH, No. 2:19-cv-1470 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DAVID BAUGHMAN, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action. Plaintiff alleges defendants used excessive force in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Plaintiff has requested appointment of counsel. Plaintiff states he cannot afford counsel and has limited knowledge of the law. Plaintiff also argues that it will be difficult to manage litigation while incarcerated. 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 district 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…