Allison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHANTELL GOSZTYLA, Case No. 1:22-cv-00763-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (Doc. No. 3) KATHLEEN ALLISON, Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel. (Doc. No. 3). Plaintiff, who is a prisoner and has a civil rights complaint pending, argues that the Court should appoint her counsel because she is incarcerated and indigent. (Id.). The United States Constitution does not require appointment of counsel in civil cases. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354 (1996) (explaining Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. at 817, did not create a right to appointment of counsel in civil cases). Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, this court has discretionary authority to appoint counsel for an indigent to commence, prosecute, or defend a civil action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) (stating the court has authority to appoint counsel for people unable to afford counsel); see also United…