Kuppinger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HENRY A. JONES, No. 2:13-cv-0451 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER P. KUPPINGER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action, has filed a request for appointment of counsel to represent plaintiff at the settlement conference scheduled in this case on October 5, 2020. See ECF No. 233. Plaintiff states that due to COVID-19 restrictions, he does not have access to the prison law library. Plaintiff also states that he is confused by the minute order filed August 12, 2020. ECF No. 232. Plaintiff has not demonstrated exceptional circumstances warranting the appointment of counsel to represent him at the scheduled settlement conference. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1); Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991). Plaintiff has capably represented

The test for exceptional circumstances requires the court to evaluate the plaintiff’s likelihood of success on…