Luna
Luna v. Loll
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RENE LUNA, Case No. 1:21-cv-01291-AWI-BAM Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO BE APPOINTED COUNSEL
v. (Docs. 11, 14) OFFICER LOLL; and OFFICER GOMEZ., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Rene Luna is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 20, 2021 and on January 5, 202, Plaintiff filed the two motions requesting that the court appoint him counsel in this action. (Docs. 11, 14.) Plaintiff explains that he is an indigent inmate with limited resources and supplies as an attorney. (Doc. 14. at 1.) Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action. Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), rev’d in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952, 954 n.1 (9th Cir. 1998). The court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915(e)(1). Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court for the S.…