Pfeiffer
(PC) Hudson v. Pfeiffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARRYL HUDSON, Case No. 1:19-cv-00954-JDP
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
v. ECF No. 26 C. PFEIFFER, et al., Defendants.
17 Plaintiff Darryl Hudson is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 2, 2020, plaintiff filed a motion requesting appointed of counsel. ECF No. 26. Plaintiff submits that his case is complex, that he requires assistance, and that he is subject to intimidation. 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a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds on reh’g en banc, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the court lacks the authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff, see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 the…