Sullivan
(PC) Juan M.Montenegro v. Sullivan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 JUAN M. MONTENEGRO, Case No. 1:20-cv-00847-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE
WARDEN J. SULLIVAN, (ECF NO. 3)
Defendant.
17 Juan M. Montenegro (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 15, 2020, Plaintiff filed motions for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 3). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel.1 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1).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, 26 1 In one of his motions, Plaintiff cites to the…