(PC) Foster v. Clark

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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9 MICHAEL FOSTER, Case No. 1:22-cv-00976-SAB (PC)

10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

11 v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

12 KEN CLARK, et al., (ECF No. 18) 13 Defendants.

14 15 Plaintiff Michael Foster is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 16 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed 18 December 16, 2022. Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford 19 counsel; his imprisonment limits his ability to litigate the action; limited knowledge of the law 20 and access to the law library; he is currently housed in administrative segregation; he is a 21 participant in the mental health delivery system; and he is having difficulty with his eye sight. 22 (ECF No. 18.) 23 Plaintiff is advised that there is no constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, 24 Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th…