Dirkse
Gullatt III v. Dirkse
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN JACOB GULLATT, III, Case No. 1:20-cv-00473-NONE-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
JEFF DIRKSE, et al., (ECF No. 21) Defendants.
16 John Jacob Gullatt, III (“Plaintiff”) is a pretrial detainee or federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 14, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of counsel, stating, in part, that the complexity of this case and his inability, until just recently, to access the law library warrant the Court’s appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 21). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1), the Court may request that an attorney represent an indigent party in a civil case. However, the appointment of counsel is not a constitutional right, and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent a party. See Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other…