Garcia

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARONTA TYRONE LEWIS, No. 2:20-CV-0399-TLN-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER P. GARCIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s motions for the appointment of counsel, ECF Nos. 95 and 97. Also before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for enforcement of liens, ECF No. 95, as well as Plaintiff’s multiple requests for issuance of a screening order, ECF Nos. 82, 96, 99, 103, and 104. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. See 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). See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v.…