(PS) Alsop v. UC Davis Medical Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIAH ALSOP, No. 2:19-cv-464-JAM-EFB PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER., Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF Nos. 1 & 5. In her complaint, plaintiff requests she be appointed counsel. ECF No. 1 at 6. For the reasons explained below, plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, her request for appointment of counsel is denied, and the complaint is dismissed with leave to amend. I. Appointment of Counsel 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) authorizes the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent civil litigant in certain exceptional circumstances. See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir.1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335–36 (9th Cir.1990); Richards v. Harper, 864 F.2d 85, 87 (9th Cir.1988). In considering whether exceptional circumstances exist,…