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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SALVADOR VENEGAS, Case No. 1:21-cv-00962-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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E. MENDOZA, et al., (ECF No. 50) Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Salvador Venegas (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel. (ECF No. 50.) For the following reasons, the Court will deny the motion. According to the motion, Plaintiff requests that the Court appoint counsel to represent him in this case because Plaintiff is unable to afford counsel. (ECF No. 50.) Additionally, the issues involved in the case are complex, Plaintiff has limited law library access, Plaintiff has written several letters to a myriad of attorneys but has not heard from any, and Plaintiff has limited knowledge of the law. (Id.) Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel…