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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID BENNETT, No. 2:23-cv-0040 DAD CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion for a “protective order.” While not clear, it appears plaintiff asks that the court redact information which the court deems “sensitive,” but was provided by plaintiff in the motion he filed on March 30, 2023. The court will not redact information that plaintiff chose to place in the record of the court. If plaintiff wishes to withdraw the motion and have the court strike the motion from the docket, he may so request. Plaintiff also requests the appointment of counsel. District courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In exceptional circumstances, the court may request an attorney to voluntarily represent such a plaintiff. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v.…