Johnston

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, No. 2:19-cv-2423-WBS-EFB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 S. JOHNSTON, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 This case was closed and judgment entered on July 7, 2020. ECF No. 15. Nevertheless, 18 plaintiff, who is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. 19 § 1983, again submitted a request that the court appoint counsel. ECF No. 18. He also requests 20 a Spanish language interpreter. Id. 21 Apart from this action being closed, district courts lack authority to require counsel to 22 represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 23 296, 298 (1989). In exceptional circumstances, the court may request an attorney to voluntarily 24 to represent such a plaintiff. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1); Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 25 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990). When 26 determining whether “exceptional…