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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ISAIAH J. PETILLO, No. 1:21-cv-01401-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND

MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

v. COUNSEL REYNALDO JASSO, et al., (ECF No. 69) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Isaiah J. Petillo is appearing 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 second motion for appointment of counsel, filed August 8, 2023. (ECF No. 69.) As Plaintiff is 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 exceptional circumstances the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to…