Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ROBERT MEDINA, JR. 1:23-cv-00935-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

v. PRO BONO COUNSEL WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

GUSTAVO MARTINEZ, et al. Defendants. (ECF No. 6). 14

Plaintiff is confined at the Fresno County Jail and is proceeding pro se in this civil action. Now before the Court is a single page filing from Plaintiff that, among other things, asks for an attorney to help him with this case. (ECF No. 6). The Court construes this as a motion to appoint pro bono counsel. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1), the Court may request that an attorney represent an indigent party in a civil case. However, the appointment of counsel in a civil case is not a constitutional right, and the Court cannot require an attorney to represent a party. See Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 23 (9th Cir. 1998); Mallard v. United States District Court for the…