UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAYMAN BORHAN, 1:21-cv-00218-GSA (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, WITHOUT
v. PREJUDICE
J. McKESSON, (Document# 8)
Defendant.
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I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on February 22, 2021. (ECF No. 1.) On May 27, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion seeking the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 8.) II. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298, 109 S.Ct. 1814, 1816…