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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL ALLAHRAE FOX, Case No. 1:20-cv-00290-JLT-BAK-GSA (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. ERNEST ZEIGLER, (ECF No. 49)

Defendant.

16 Plaintiff has filed a motion seeking the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 49.) As grounds, Plaintiff advises that the prison is on full quarantine due to a COVID-19 outbreak and he is unable to access the law library. 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. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the S. Dist. of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). The Court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel under section 1915(e)(1). Rand, 113 F.3d at 1525. However, without a reasonable method of securing and compensating counsel, the Court will seek volunteer counsel…