Clarke

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARRYL RAY MILLS, Case No. 1:20-cv-00498-JDP

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. ECF No. 9 KEN CLARKE, et al., Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Darryl Ray Mills is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 20, 2020, plaintiff filed a motion requesting appointed of counsel. ECF No. 9. Plaintiff submits that his case is complex, and that he lacks legal education and ready access to legal materials. Id. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds on reh’g en banc, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the court lacks the authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff, see Mallard v. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). This court may request…