CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCOS ARELLANO, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00011-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR APPOINMENT OF COUNSEL, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT ) ) (ECF No. 29)

CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, )

) Defendant. ) ) )

Plaintiff Marcos Arellano is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed February 1, 2021. Plaintiff seeks counsel because he is indigent, his imprisonment impacts his ability to litigate this action, the issues in the case are complex, a trial will likely involve conflicting testimony, and he has been unable to obtain counsel on his own. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court…