Spearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RODNEY V. COLEMAN, No. 2:19-cv-0369 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M.E. SPEARMAN, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 30. In support of his request, plaintiff states in part that he is incarcerated; that he has health issues that make it difficult for him to respond to the court’s orders at times; that his case may require complex investigation; and that he has limited access to the prison law library. Id. 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 exceptional circumstances, the district court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v.…