Clingman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRUCE MILES BENTON, Case No. 2:22-cv-02275-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER CLINGMAN, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed five motions asking the court to appoint him counsel because the El Dorado County Jail and South Lake Tahoe Jail have provided him with little to no access to a law library. ECF Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, & 20. Plaintiff also requests an extension of time to file an amended complaint. ECF Nos. 15 & 16. Good cause appearing, that extension is granted. 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, 27 1 Plaintiff is frequently transported between…