Matevousian
(PC) Brown v. Matevousian
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JARVIS BROWN, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00204-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR APPOINMNET OF COUNSEL, WITHOUT
PREJUDICE
ANDRE MATEVOUSIAN, et.al., ) ) (ECF No. 10) Defendants. ) ) ) ) )
Plaintiff Jarvis Brown is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999 (1971), which provides a remedy for violation of civil rights by federal actors. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed on May 11, 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…