(PC) Carter-Maddox v. California Substance Abuse Treatment and Facility
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEITH REAGAN CARTER-MADDOX, No. 1:23-cv-01632 NODJ GSA (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
CALIFORNIA SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITY, et al., (ECF No. 11) 15 Defendants.
17 Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 11. In support of the 18 motion, Plaintiff states that he is an EOP inmate and that he reads and writes at a fifth-grade level. 19 Id. Plaintiff also asserts that he has mental health issues. Id. 20 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require 21 counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 22 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary 23 assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 24 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990). 25 When determining whether “exceptional…