Orozco

(PC) Ruiz v. Orozco

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaDecember 5, 20221:19-cv-00048California779 words

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, 1:19-cv-00048-AWI-GSA (PC)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

13 v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND

INTERPRETER

14 J. OROZCO, et al., (ECF No. 42, 43.) 15 Defendants. 16

17 18 On October 17, 2022, and November 3, 2022, Plaintiff filed motions seeking the 19 appointment of counsel and an interpreter. Previously, on October 14, 2022, the court denied this 20 same motion filed by Plaintiff. (ECF No. 41.) Plaintiff presents no evidence that his circumstances 21 have changed since he filed his previous motion on October 14, 2022. Plaintiff again asserts that 22 he does not speak English, has a low TABE score, and does not understand the law, rules of court, 23 or legal terminology. 24 I. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 25 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. 26 Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require an attorney to represent plaintiff…

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