Moore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JORDAN HUFF, Case No. 1:19-cv-01248-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (Doc. No. 32) THOMAS MOORE, ET. AL., Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel filed on October 25, 2022. Plaintiff Jordan Huff, a federal prisoner, initiated this action proceeding pro se by filing a civil right complaint. (Doc. No. 1). Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel because he cannot afford to hire counsel and claims his “case [is] getting complex.” (Id.). He further states, his imprisonment limits his ability to litigate because he has limited access to the law library. (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 25 …