Sullivan
(PC) Lionel Lamar Shell v. Sullivan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LIONEL LAMAR SHELL, Case No. 1:19-cv-00788-JLT (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME AND DENYING
v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL
W.J. SULLIVAN, et al., (Docs. 17, 18) Defendants.
16 Plaintiff requests a 30-day extension of time to comply with the Court’s second screening order (Doc. 15). (Doc. 18.) Plaintiff states that the prison in which he is incarcerated is on a “modified program” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has limited his access to the law library. (Id.) The Court finds good cause to grant Plaintiff’s request. Plaintiff also requests the appointment of counsel. (Doc. 17.) Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this civil action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent a party under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). See Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 304-05 (1989). However,…