Emerson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 JERRY DILLINGHAM, Case No. 1:18-cv-00507-AWI-SAB (PC) 6 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S FOURTH MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND DENYING REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT

N. EMERSON, et al., OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

9 Defendants. [ECF No. 74] 10 Plaintiff Jerry Dillingham is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s fourth request for appointment of counsel and/or guardian ad litem, filed on June 11, 2020. As Plaintiff was previously advised, he 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 Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S.…