Orozco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, 1:19-cv-00048-AWI-GSA (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND

INTERPRETER

J. OROZCO, et al., (ECF Nos. 24, 28.) Defendants.

17 I. BACKGROUND On July 1, 2020 and July 14, 2020, Plaintiff filed motions seeking the appointment of counsel and an interpreter. (ECF Nos. 24, 28.) Plaintiff asserts that he does not speak English, has a low TABE score, and does not understand the law, rules of court, or legal terminology. II. REQUEST FOR COUNSEL Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require an attorney to represent Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298, 109 S.Ct. 1814, 1816 (1989). However, in certain exceptional circumstances the court may…