Garcia

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DARONTA TYRONE LEWIS, No. 2:20-CV-0399-TLN-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 P. GARCIA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s motions for the appointment of 19 counsel, ECF Nos. 95 and 97. Also before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for enforcement of 20 liens, ECF No. 95, as well as Plaintiff’s multiple requests for issuance of a screening order, ECF 21 Nos. 82, 96, 99, 103, and 104. 22 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to 23 require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. See Mallard v. United States Dist. 24 Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the Court may request the 25 voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 26 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v.…