(PS) Binns v. American General Life and Accident Ins. Co.

wOAOe COU UV VEEOCUU ERINUING □□ to POC VS Ee Oy Vt 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEYRON LAMONTE BINNS, No. 2:20-cv—1120-TLN-KJN PS Plaintiff, ORDER v. (ECF No. 16.) AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO., et al.,

Defendants. Plaintiff moves for the court to appoint counsel in his civil action against his insurer. (ECF No. 16.) It is “well-established that there is generally no constitutional right to counsel in 19 civil cases.” United States v. Sardone, 94 F.3d 1233, 1236 (9th Cir. 1996). There are no exceptional circumstances warranting the appointment of counsel in this case. Although the court is sympathetic to the difficulties faced by pro se litigants in litigating their own cases in federal 22 court, the court has extremely limited resources to appoint attorneys in civil cases. Here, 23 plaintiff's claims against his insurer are not unusually complex and can be…