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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDRE WELLS, No. 2:20-cv-1557 WBS AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 37 at 1-2. In addition, plaintiff asks that a number of new defendants be added to his complaint. See id. at 3. For the reasons stated below the requests will be denied. I. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL In support of the motion to appoint counsel, plaintiff states that he is an EOP mental health patient. He also states that he is a part of the developmental disability program. See ECF No. 37 at 1. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the district court may request the 28 …