Jasso

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ISAIAH J. PETILLO, Case No. 1:21-cv-01401-JLT-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

REYNALDO JASSO, et al., (ECF No. 48) Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Isaiah J. Petillo is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed February 9, 2023. Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel due to his imprisonment, complexity of the issues involved, limited access to the law library, and presentation of conflicting testimony should the case proceed to jury trial. (ECF No. 48.) 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 any attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern…