Kaur

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JEFFREY SCOTT KLINEFELTER, Case No. 2:20-cv-01429-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS

FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME, TO

v. APPOINT COUNSEL, AND FOR JUDICIAL

NOTICE AND AN EVIDENTIARY

G. KAUR, HEARING Defendant. ECF Nos. 49 & 50 15 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion for an extension of time and asks that he be appointed counsel. ECF No. 49. Plaintiff, however, does not identify the specific deadline he seeks to extend. His motion is denied without prejudice. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court lacks the authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff. See Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the S. Dist. of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). The court can request the voluntary assistance of counsel. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) (“The court may request an attorney…