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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 VICTORY ILSUNG, No. 2:20-cv-1032 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MICHAEL YEH, Defendant. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed motion to appoint counsel and motion for extension of time. (ECF No. 25.) Also before the court is defendant’s request to depose the plaintiff by remote means. (ECF No. 23.) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 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 v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990). …