(PC)Candler
(PC)Candler v. Ball
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN RANAE GLEEN CANDLER, No. 1:23-cv-00459-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SEVENTH
REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF
v. COUNSEL JOHN & JANE DOES, et al., (ECF No. 49) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s seventh request for appointment of counsel, filed December 22, 2023. Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel under California Penal Code section 1240 and California Rules of Court section 8.155, and attaches a subpoena for the production of documents. As Plaintiff is aware, he does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court cannot require any attorney to represent plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern…