Loterzstain

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHELDON RAY NEWSOME, Case No. 2:19-cv-00307-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

M. LOTERZSTAIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Pending before me are numerous motions, primarily filed by plaintiff. Plaintiff’s Motions to Appoint Counsel Plaintiff has filed numerous motions to appoint counsel. ECF Nos. 105, 107, 131, & 136. I will deny all of these motions. Plaintiff has also filed a related motion to attach exhibits to his last motion to appoint counsel. ECF No. 137. I will grant this motion, and I have considered the attached exhibits in my decision. 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 I lack the authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff. See Mallard v. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). The court…