Arevalos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT HACKWORTH, JR, Case No.: 1:19-cv-01362 ADA-CDB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. TO APPOINT COUNSEL

E. AREVALOS, et al., (Doc. 106)

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Robert Hackworth, Jr., is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 24, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion to appoint counsel, which the Court denied. (Docs. 55, 56.) Plaintiff filed the instant motion to appoint counsel on September 19, 2023. (Doc. 106.) The Court has reconsidered Plaintiff’s request in light of the impending trial and denies his renewed request for court-appointed counsel. I. DISCUSSION A. Legal Standard Plaintiffs do not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in section 1983 actions. Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), rev’d in part on other grounds, 154 F.3d 952, 954 n.1 (9th Cir.…