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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN M. MONTENEGRO, Case No. 1:21-cv-01449-JLT-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (Doc. No. 12) ANTHONY, GRISHAM, Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel. (Doc. No. 12). Plaintiff, a state prisoner, who is proceeding in forma pauperis, has pending a pro se civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. Nos. 1, 4). Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel so that his “interests may be protected by the professional assistance required.” (Doc. No. 12). Plaintiff also states that counsel must be appointed when the litigant is indigent and a court issues an order to show cause citing to a California Rule of Court. (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…