(PC) Curry v. Sessions
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RYAN INDIANA CURRY, Case No. 2:20-cv-00227-TLN-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER (1) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
v. COUNSEL AND (2) GRANTING
PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AN
SESSIONS, et al., EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO
DISCOVERY
Defendants. ECF Nos. 40, 41 16 17 Plaintiff has filed a third motion requesting the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 40. As 18 previously explained to plaintiff, he does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in 19 this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court lacks the 20 authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff. See Mallard v. U.S. District Court for the 21 Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). The court may request the voluntary 22 assistance of counsel. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) (“The court may request an attorney to 23 represent any person unable to afford counsel”); Rand, 113 F.3d at 1525. However, without a 24 means…