Yule

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CURTIS SNOWDEN, III, No. 2:17-cv-2167 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. YULE, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action on claims of deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. Pending is plaintiff’s sixth request for appointment of counsel. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1), the district court may request the voluntary assistance of an available attorney to represent an indigent prisoner in a civil rights case only in certain “exceptional circumstances.” Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990); see also Mallard v. United States District Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989) (district courts do not have authority to require attorneys to represent indigent prisoners in Section 1983 cases). When determining whether such “exceptional circumstances” exist, the court must…