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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMMANUEL REEVES, Case No. 1:20-cv-00487-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 9) DOUGHERTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Emmanuel Reeves (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner 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 to appoint counsel, filed April 17, 2020. (ECF No. 9.) In his motion, Plaintiff states that he has made diligent efforts to obtain legal counsel but has been unsuccessful due to his inability to pay or lack of communication from prospective attorneys. Plaintiff states that he does not understand the law nor what he would be required to do in a court. He is also receiving mental health treatment and under ADA, and is indigent and cannot pay an attorney to take his case. (Id.) Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113…