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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 MARK SHANE THOMPSON, ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-00125-NONE-SAB (PC) ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND ) MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, 13 v. ) WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND GRANTING

EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO

14 A. GOMEZ, et al., ) OUTSTANDING DISCOVERY REQUESTS ) 15 Defendants. ) (ECF No. 71) ) 16 )

17 Plaintiff Mark Shane Thompson is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 18 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for appointment of counsel, filed 20 October 7, 2020. 21 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. 22 Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require any attorney to represent 23 plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern 24 District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). …