Custino

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ETUATE SEKONA, No. 2:16-CV-0517-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER F. CUSTINO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court are Plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel. ECF Nos. 165, 167. The Court has previously denied numerous motions for the appointment of counsel. See, e.g., ECF Nos. 63, 95, 107, 129. The Court denies the pending motions. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. See Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990). A 26 …