Clarke

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARRYL RAY MILLS, Case No. 1:20-cv-00498-JDP

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE ORDER

v. DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

KEN CLARKE, et al., ECF No. 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Darryl Ray Mills is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 24, 2020, the court denied plaintiff’s first motion for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 11. On June 15, 2020, plaintiff moved for reconsideration of that result. ECF No. 15. Plaintiff argues that his case is complex, that he lacks the ability to litigate it fully, and that his claim is potentially meritorious. Id. Because these arguments are similar to those presented in plaintiff’s original motion, ECF No. 9, we deny it for the same reasons. Again, plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this…