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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 TERRENCE JESSE MOORE, Case No. 1:20-cv-00865-AWI-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 13 FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 HEATHER DIAZ, (ECF No. 24)

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17 18 Terrence Jesse Moore (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 19 pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 On October 26, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF 21 No. 24). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because his case was “accepted” and 22 Defendant was served; because he has made numerous attempts to obtain an attorney; and 23 because, due to COVID-19, he has been placed in special housing and is not allowed to leave his 24 cell, so he has no access to the law library. 25 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. 26 Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154…