(PC) Perryman v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DAVID PERRYMAN, No. 2:21-CV-2054 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JEFF LYNCH, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 7. In support of the motion, Plaintiff states that he has an “ADA hand injury,” and that he is suffering from a concussion due to the injuries he sustained that are at the core of the claims in his complaint. As a result, Plaintiff contends, sometimes he has difficulty with writing. See id. at 2, 5-6. In addition, Plaintiff anticipates that at times, the issues in his case will be very complicated. This, Plaintiff asserts, also warrants the appointment of counsel. See id. at 5. 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…