Dhillon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSEPH LAVERY, No. 2:13-cv-2083 MCE AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER B. DHILLON, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 226. The instant motion for the appointment of counsel was docketed the same day that the court issued an order denying plaintiff’s most recent motions for the appointment of counsel filed May 29, 2020 and June 4, 2020. See ECF Nos. 223, 224, 225. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the district court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir.…