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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATHAN HILL, No. 2:19-cv-1680 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 24. In support of the motion, plaintiff claims that the librarians at the prison law library are denying him access to supplies, e.g., envelopes, paper. See id. He also asserts that his requests for legal research are not being answered. See id. Plaintiff contends that these problems are affecting his access to the courts and that they would be resolved if he had access to a paralegal. See id. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935…