(PC) Reyna v. Kings County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN REYNA, No. 1:20-cv-00447 ADA GSA (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

KINGS COUNTY JAIL, et al., (ECF No. 35) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 35. In support of it, Plaintiff states, in part, that he is unable to afford counsel; that the issues in his case are legally complex; that he has little knowledge of the law, and that he has a limited high school education. Id. at 2. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332,…