(PC) Sanchez v. Johnson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MARIO SANCHEZ, Case No. 2:22-cv-00537-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS

FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME AND TO

v. APPOINT COUNSEL JOHNSON, et al., ECF Nos. 31 & 32 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion for an extension of time and asks that he be appointed counsel. 17 ECF No. 31. Plaintiff, however, does not identify the specific deadline he seeks to extend. His 18 motion is denied without prejudice. 19 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand 20 v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court lacks the authority to require an 21 attorney to represent plaintiff. See Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the S. Dist. of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 22 298 (1989). The court can request the voluntary assistance of counsel. See 28 U.S.C. 23 § 1915(e)(1) (“The court may request an attorney to represent any person unable to afford

1 Plaintiff is reminded that…