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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIO A. VALENZUELA, Case No. 1:20-cv-01093-NONE-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 19) SANTIESTEBAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Mario A. Valenzuela (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion to appoint counsel, filed November 19, 2020. (ECF No. 19.) In his motion, Plaintiff states that he is requesting appointment of counsel because it is impossible to get access to the law library and he is currently part of the mental health system at the level of CCCMS. Plaintiff also received special education in the past, and it is impossible for him to understand the law. (Id.) As Plaintiff has been informed, he does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), rev’d in part on 26 …