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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VINCENT TURNER, Case No. 1:20-cv-00184-AWI-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL ANDREW ZEPP, et al. (ECF No. 32) Defendants.

Plaintiff Vincent Turner is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 12, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 32.) Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is “really in need of a lawyer.” (Id.) Plaintiff also attaches a copy of a document he describes as his reading scores. (Id.) Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C.…