Quick
(PC) Jackson v. Quick
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 CORNEL JACKSON, Case No. 1:19-cv-01591-JLT-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SEVENTH MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO v. BONO COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 JASON QUICK, et al., (ECF No. 129) 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Cornel Jackson is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 18 this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 On December 1, 2022, Plaintiff filed his seventh motion for appointment of pro bono 20 counsel. (ECF Nos. 4, 9, 13, 28, 58, 96, 129). Generally, Plaintiff moves for appointment of 21 counsel because his confinement limits his ability to litigate, the issues involved in this case are 22 complex and will require significant research and investigation, and he is unable to afford counsel. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and the Court cannot…