Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK BRADY, No. 2:21-cv-0489 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SCOTT JONES, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a former pretrial detainee1 proceeding pro se with a civil rights action, has requested appointment of counsel. ECF No. 38. In support of the motion, plaintiff states in part that the case is complex; that he has limited knowledge of the law; that his housing situation is dire, and that he is currently locked up in administrative segregation with very limited access to the prison law library. Id. at 1-4. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the district court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir.…