Castillo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD D. GILMORE, 1:21-cv-00617-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR vs. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

D. CASTILLO, (ECF No. 9.)

Defendant.

17 Edward D. Gilmore (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on April 14, 2021. (ECF No. 1.) The Complaint awaits the Court’s requisite screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. On December 22, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking the appointment of 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), and the court cannot require an attorney to represent Plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298, 109 S.Ct. 1814, 1816…