Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00740-DAD-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME AND FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

GOMEZ, et al., (Docs. 9, 10) Defendants.

16 Plaintiff requests an extension of time to file objections to the undersigned’s findings and recommendations to deny Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 9.) However, Plaintiff has already filed objections to the findings and recommendations. (Doc. 8.) Therefore, the Court will deny this motion as moot. Plaintiff also requests the appointment of counsel to represent him in this case. (Doc. 10.) 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).…