Romero

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAJIA AYOBI, ) Case No. 1:19-cv-00964-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S ) MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF v. ) COUNSEL AND REQUEST FOR ) EXTENSION OF TIME, WITHOUT ROMERO, ) PREJUDICE Defendant. ) ) (ECF Nos. 24, 25) )

Plaintiff Shajia Ayobi is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel and request for an extension of time, filed October 8, 2020. (ECF Nos. 24, 25.) 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 any 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…