Morley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEREMY DELPHIN, Case No. 1:19-cv-01076-JLT-SKO (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (Doc. 89) J. MORLEY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 10, 2023, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Request Court to Appoint A Lawyer.” (Doc. 89.) I. DISCUSSION Plaintiff’s request states as follows: I Jeremy Delphin am the plaintiff in above case and Plaintiff respectfully ask court to appoint a law[y]er. Because there is complex issues that Plaintiff is not able to understand and handle on Plaintiff own. 25 (Doc. 89 at 1.) The request is signed under penalty of perjury and dated January 4, 2023. (Id.) Plaintiffs do not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in § 1983 actions. Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th…