(PC)Wallace
(PC)Wallace v. White
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM JAMES WALLACE, II, Case No. 1:20-cv-00844-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
J. WHITE, et al.
(ECF No. 10) Defendants.
Plaintiff, William James Wallace, II, is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 8, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 10.) The Court will deny the motion. 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 (1989). However, in certain exceptional circumstances the Court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel…