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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY DEWAYNE LEE TURNER, No. 2:19-cv-0416 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO CITY FIRE DEPT., et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 67.) Plaintiff has also recently filed documents styled as motions or miscellaneous filings that do not appear to request any relief. (ECF No. 64, 65, 66.) Request for Appointment of Counsel Plaintiff requests appointment of counsel, stating he cannot afford to hire counsel and his imprisonment and lack of knowledge of the law will limit his ability to litigate. (ECF No. 67 at 1- 2.) The court lacks 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…