(PC) Chavez v. Kings County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 PABLO CHAVEZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00369-AWI-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME KINGS COUNTY, et al., (ECF No. 36)
Defendants.
17 Pablo Chavez (“Plaintiff”) is a former prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 29, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 25). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he does not understand what to do. Plaintiff also asks the Court to give him extra time to get a lawyer. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent Plaintiff pursuant to 28 26 …