(PC) Woolery v. Shasta County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JACOB DAVID WOOLERY, No. 2:21-cv-0166 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SHASTA COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendants prevented him from receiving timely medical treatment. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion requesting the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 25.) In support of his motion plaintiff argues that counsel should be appointed because he is incarcerated, he is unable to afford counsel, he no legal education, the issues in the case are complex and may require expert testimony, discovery will be required, and he has attempted to contact attorneys to handle his case but has not heard back. (ECF No. 25 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…