Rossi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, No. 2:20-cv-1066 WBS DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. ROSSI, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action. Plaintiff claims his rights were violated in connection with a rules violation report he received in June 2019. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 10.) Plaintiff seeks the appointment of an attorney that speaks English and Spanish or an interpreter. He claims that his Test of Adult Basic Education (“TABE”) score is 0.0. He further states that he does not understand the rules of court. “‘[T]he expenditure of public funds [on behalf of an indigent litigant] is proper only when authorized by Congress . . . .’” Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d 210, 211-12 (9th Cir. 1989) (quoting United States v. MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317, 321 (1976)). The court is unaware of any statute authorizing the expenditure of…