Moffett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, Case No. 1:19-cv-01750-JLT-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

OR REQUEST TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (Doc. 47) D. MOFFETT, et al.,

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Joshua Davis Bland is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 15, 2021, Plaintiff filed a “Request for Counsel, Ex Parte, Pursuant to Law; Inter Alia.” (Doc. 47.) I. DISCUSSION Plaintiff requests appointment of counsel, but other than stating he has spent “4 gruling [sic] years” incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison during which he was “subjected to constant sexual harassment, threats of violent injury and theft of his property,” where prison officials ignore his “enemy/safety concerns” (Doc. 47 at 1-2), Plaintiff makes no effort to explain why counsel should be appointed in his case. Plaintiffs do not have a constitutional right to appointed…