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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 MORRIS ROBINSON, Case No. 1:21-cv-00990-ADA-SAB (PC)

11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

12 v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

13 J. FARMBROUGH, et al., (ECF No. 48) 14 Defendants.

15 16 Plaintiff Morris Robinson, is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 17 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 18 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed 19 November 18, 2022. Plaintiff seeks counsel because: (1) he is indigent and cannot afford a 20 lawyer; (2) his case is complex; (3) expert testimony will be required; (4) discovery will be 21 required; (5) his imprisonment limits his ability to investigate and locate witnesses; and (6) he 22 has demanded a jury trial. 23 There is no constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 24 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the Court cannot require any attorney to represent plaintiff 25 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…