Agboli

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, No. 2:14-CV-02776 DAD DMC (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

A.AGBOLI, et al., (Doc. No. 159) Defendants. 16 This matter is before the court on a motion to appoint counsel filed by plaintiff on September 7, 2023. (Doc. No. 159.) Therein, plaintiff argues that the court should appoint counsel to provide him with representation in this civil action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, citing his indigence, the complexity of witness-related issues, his status as a segregated inmate with limited legal knowledge, lack of access to a law library, and challenges in conducting legal research on a tablet. (Id. at 1.) LEGAL STANDARD Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998), and of…