Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW DENNIS, No. 2:16-cv-0542 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SCOTT KERNAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his Third Amended Complaint in this civil rights action. Pending is plaintiff’s fifth request for appointment of counsel. ECF No. 66. Plaintiff seeks appointment due to his medical challenges and the complexity of this case, for the purpose of preparing additional objections to the undersigned’s April 9, 2020 findings and recommendations, and to prepare a further amended complaint or supplemental pleading. Id. Plaintiff is familiar with the legal standards supporting appointment of volunteer counsel. As the court has previously informed plaintiff, the 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). …