Krantz
(PC) White v. Krantz
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 CORY JAMES WHITE, 1:20-cv-00892-NONE-GSA-PC
12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
13 vs. (ECF No. 9.)
14 KRANTZ, et al.,
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16 17 On October 29, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking the appointment of counsel. 18 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 19 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiff 20 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern 21 District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). However, in certain exceptional circumstances the 22 court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to section 1915(e)(1). Rand, 113 23 F.3d at 1525. 24 Without a reasonable method of securing and compensating counsel, the court will seek 25 volunteer counsel only in the most serious and exceptional cases. In determining whether 26 …