(PC) Gray v. C. Flores

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 OLIVER GRAY, Case No. 1:20-cv-00902-JDP

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. ECF No. 6 C. FLORES, et al., Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Oliver Gray is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 13, 2020, before the case was transferred to this division, plaintiff filed a motion requesting appointed of counsel. ECF No. 6. Plaintiff submits that he suffers from neurological and psychological issues and cannot afford counsel. Id. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds on reh’g en banc, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the court lacks the authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff, see Mallard v. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298…