Wong

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES BROWN, Case No. 2:20-cv-01673-JAM-JDP (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR AN

EXTENSION OF TIME AND TO APPOINT

v. COUNSEL

S.H. WONG, et al., ECF No. 19,

Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a motion for an extension of time. ECF No. 20. No motions are currently pending that require plaintiff to file a responsive pleading, and the court has not yet issued a scheduling order. Thus, there is no basis for granting plaintiff an extension of time, and the request will be denied as unnecessary. Plaintiff has also filed a motion that requests the court provide him an application for appointment of counsel. ECF No. 19. The court construes this filing as a motion for appointment of counsel. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action,…