Ogboehi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARMANDO HERNANDEZ, No. 1:20-cv-01019-ADA-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND

MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF EXPERT

v. WITNESS AND THIRD MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

OGBOEHI, et al., (ECF Nos. 70, 71) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Armando Hernandez is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of an expert witness and third request appointment of counsel, filed July 26, 2023. (ECF Nos. 70, 71.) As Plaintiff is well aware, he does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the Court cannot require any attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). However, in certain 25 …