Dodson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOR AHMADD BISHOP, No. 2:20-cv-2032-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER G. DODSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He requests that the court assist him and/or appoint counsel. The court cannot assist plaintiff in the form of legal advice. The court will remind plaintiff, however, that he must filed a second amended complaint as originally ordered on February 4, 2021, ECF No. 22, and extended on March 4, 2021, ECF No. 26. District courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In exceptional circumstances, the court may request an attorney to voluntarily to represent such a plaintiff. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1); Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th…