Triplett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ERIC DEWAYNE HATTON, No. 2:21-cv-1206 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DUSTIN TRIPLET, Defendant. 15 Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 18.) Attached to the request for appointment of counsel is a subpoena, partially filled out by plaintiff, which the court construes as a request to have the U.S. Marshal serve a subpoena on the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (“RCCC”). (ECF No. 18-1.) I. Appointment of Counsel The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack 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 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900…