Francis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ETUATE SEKONA, Case No. 1:19-cv-00529-ADA-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND

v. APPOINTMENT OF AN INTERPRETER M. FRANCIS, (Doc. No. 67) Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel and appointment of a Tongan interpreter. (Doc. No. 67). Plaintiff, a prisoner, is proceeding pro se on his civil rights complaint filed on April 24, 2019. (Doc. No. 1). The Court granted Plaintiff’s application to proceed in this action in forma pauperis on May 29, 2019. (Doc. No. 8). Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel because English is not his primary language. (Doc. No. 67). The United States Constitution does not require appointment of counsel in civil cases. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354 (1996) (explaining Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. at 817, did not create a right to appointment of counsel in civil cases). …