Mohmond

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONNY STEWARD, No. 2:20-cv-1892 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ASIEL MOHMOND, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 8. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. In support of the motion for the appointment of counsel, plaintiff asserts that the complexity of the instant action as well as the complexity of a related, albeit earlier-adjudicated matter, warrant a grant of the motion. ECF No. 8 at 6. Plaintiff also argues that both state and federal law warrant counsel appointment. See id. at 1. 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…