Galyen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AL GENE FISHER, Jr., Case No. 2:22-cv-01952-TLN-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER v. GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

AN EXTENSION OF TIME AND DENYING

GALYEN, et al., PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO APPOINT

COUNSEL

Defendants. ECF Nos. 28 & 29

AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE WITHIN

THIRTY DAYS 18 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to file an amended complaint and motion for the appointment of counsel. ECF Nos. 28 & 29. Good cause appearing, plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time is granted. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, see Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), and the court lacks the authority to require an attorney to represent plaintiff. See Mallard v. U.S.…