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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUSTIN HATCHER, A.K.A. LEXI No. 2:19-cv-0793 AC P

HATCHER,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

G. JUNES, et al.,

15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 23. In support of the motion, plaintiff states in part that she is unable to afford counsel, that the issues in this case are complex and will require significant research and investigation, that she has limited access to the law library, and that she has no significant knowledge of the law. See id. at 1-2. 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 voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood…