Krause

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WAYNE JEROME ROBERTSON, No. 2:17-cv-1426 WBS DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER T. KRAUSE, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 24). In support of the motion, plaintiff points, in relevant part, to limited prison law library access due to the pandemic; his inability to pay for a private attorney, and the destruction of his legal exhibits and supporting documents by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. (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 circumstances, the district court may request the ////

Plaintiff has provided documents which indicate that in September 2019, while housed at Mule Creek…