Ogboehi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARMANDO HERNANDEZ, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01019-NONE-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND v. ) MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

IFEOMA OGBOEHI, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 38) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Armando Hernandez is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for appointment of counsel, filed January 31, 2022. Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel because the case is complex, requires expert testimony, he has limited access to the law library and legal material, and discovery is necessary. 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 any attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…