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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES ARTHUR CASEY, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00420-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR APPOINTMENT COUNSEL, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

M. DOCANTO, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 10) Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff James Arthur Casey is proceeding 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 April 1, 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…