Ceballos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHIKEB SADDOZAI, Case No. 1:20-cv-00358-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF

v. TIME AND DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

J. CEBALLOS, et al., (Doc. 18) Defendants.

16 Plaintiff requests a second extension of time to comply with the Court’s screening order (Doc. 10). (See Doc. 18 at 1.) Plaintiff states that his access to the prison law library has been restricted. (Id. at 2.) The Court finds good cause to grant Plaintiff’s request. Plaintiff also requests the appointment of counsel. (Doc. 18 at 1.) 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). However, in “exceptional circumstances,” the Court may request the…